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In "Recursion," cop Barry Sutton investigates the phenomenon known as False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious affliction that drives victims to madness by implanting memories of lives they never lived. Neuroscientist Helena Smith, obsessed with preserving human memories, develops a technology allowing people to relive precious moments. Together, Barry and Helena confront an unknown force that attacks not only the mind but the very fabric of time, threatening to unmake reality itself. Their struggle exposes the fragile boundary between memory and existence and compels them to confront a world that is rapidly shifting and crumbling.
The novel delves into the implications of memory manipulation, the ethics of neuroscience, and the psychological terror of losing one’s own identity in a technologically advanced but fragile world.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Blake Crouch
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