by Blake Crouch
First published 2016
Jason Dessen, a happily married physics professor, is abducted at gunpoint and wakes up in a world that's not his own. His wife is a stranger, his son never born, and he's a celebrated scientist who's achieved the impossible. As he fights to return to his family, Jason is caught in a mind-bending journey through parallel universes, where he must confront the darkest parts of himself to escape a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe.
Genres: science-fiction, thriller, dark-fantasy, alternate-universe
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, mind-bending
368 pages · Paperback · Ballantine Books