by Blake Crouch
First published 2016
Jason Dessen teaches physics and loves his quiet life with his wife Daniela and teenage son Charlie. One night, a masked stranger forces Jason at gunpoint into an abandoned warehouse. Jason loses consciousness and awakens in a laboratory he doesn't recognize. The people around him treat him like a famous scientist who has just accomplished something extraordinary. When Jason returns to what should be his home, he finds Daniela living as a successful artist who doesn't know him as her husband. Charlie was never born. Jason discovers he has somehow entered an alternate version of his life, one where he made different choices years ago. He must navigate a multiverse of infinite realities to find his way back to his real family. But Jason soon realizes he faces an enemy who knows exactly how the technology works and will stop at nothing to prevent his return.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, thriller, action, mystery-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, mind-bending, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: alternate-universe, fish-out-of-water, man-vs-technology, race-against-time
Setting: warehouse, laboratory
569 pages · Hardcover · Thorndike Press Large Print
Content warnings: kidnapping, violence