♡ Thank you for the ARC book, Orbit Books, NetGalley and author Philip Fracassi.
Synopsis
Scientist Beth Darlow has discovered the unimaginable. She’s built a machine that allows human consciousness to travel through time—to any point in the traveler’s lifetime—and relive moments of their life. An impossible breakthrough, but it’s not perfect: the traveler has no way to interact with the past. They can only observe.
After Beth’s husband, Colson, the co-creator of the machine, dies in a tragic car accident, Beth is left to raise Isabella—their only daughter—and continue the work they started. Mired in grief and threatened by her ruthless CEO, Beth pushes herself to the limit to prove the value of her technology.
Then the impossible happens. Simply viewing personal history should not alter the present, but with each new observation she makes, her own timeline begins to warp.
As her reality constantly shifts, Beth must solve the puzzles of her past, even if it means forsaking her future.
Thoughts
Wow, what a profound story! I do not read a ton of sci-fi, horror, or thriller, so I took a risk on this one. My gamble paid off ten-fold, as I found this to be an emotional and unputdownable book. For me, this had a beautiful balance of science, spirituality, and love to offset the thriller and horror elements. I do not want to give anything away, but will say that it gave me what I love most about a good science fiction story: a good think about human nature and the order of things, in general. I actually shed a tear or three. This one has found a spot on my shelves. I highly recommend it.
★★★★★
Question
If you had to choose, would you go forward or backward in time?