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Name: Quantum Night
Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Author: Robert J. Sawyer

Jim Marchuk, an experimental psychologist, has pioneered a technique capable of detecting psychopaths hidden in society. During a court cross‑examination, he realizes he has erased six months of his life from twenty years ago—a period when he committed horrific acts. Reuniting with Kayla Huron, his forgotten ex‑girlfriend who has become a quantum physicist, Jim learns of her discovery on consciousness. As violence and hate surge worldwide, the pair must race against time to use their knowledge to change human nature before the world descends into darkness.

First publish date: 2016

Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction

Authors: Robert J. Sawyer

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