Touch

by Claire North

First published 2015

A man wakes up in a stranger's body, unsure how he got there. As memories return, he realizes he's a "Changer" - a person who can inhabit the bodies of others after touching them at the moment of death. Now he must evade pursuers who will stop at nothing to capture this rare and coveted ability. In a desperate bid for freedom, he jumps from host to host, each encounter a vivid glimpse into another life cut tragically short. But the Changers are not alone - there are others like him, and the stakes of this deadly game are higher than he could have imagined.

Genres: science-fiction, adventure, contemporary, action

Vibes: dark, fast-paced, thought-provoking

Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator

432 pages · Hardcover · Orbit

Content warnings: body-horror, death

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