From the New York Times bestselling author of
Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a
relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory—his
most ambitious, mind-boggling, irresistible work to date.
Memory makes reality. That’s what New York City cop
Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating
phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a
mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with
memories of a life they never lived.
Neuroscientist Helena Smith already understands the power of
memory. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a
technology that will let us preserve our most precious
moments of our pasts. If she succeeds, anyone will be able
to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the
final moment with a dying parent.
As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with
an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that
attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past.
And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it,
only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at
defeating it.
But how can they make a stand when reality itself is
shifting and crumbling all around them?