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'Recursion takes mind-twisting premises and embeds them in a deeply emotional story about time and loss and grief and most of all, the glory of the human heart' – Gregg Hurwitz, international bestselling author of Orphan X.
A breathtaking exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is the follow-up novel to the smash-hit thriller, Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch.
What if someone could rewrite your entire life?
‘My son has been erased.’
Those are the last words the woman tells Barry Sutton before she leaps from the Manhattan rooftop.
Deeply unnerved, Barry begins to investigate her death only to learn that this wasn’t an isolated case. All across the country, people are waking up to lives different from the ones they fell asleep to. Are they suffering from False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious, new disease that afflicts people with vivid memories of a life they never lived? Or is something far more sinister behind the fracturing of reality all around him?
Miles away, neuroscientist Helena Smith is developing a technology that allows us to preserve our most intense memories and relive them. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss or the birth of a child.
Barry’s search for the truth leads him on an impossible, astonishing journey as he discovers that Helena’s work has yielded a terrifying gift . . .
'A fantastic read' – Andy Weir, Number one New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.
© 2019 Pan Macmillan (Audiobook): 9781509866700
Release date
Audiobook: 13 June 2019
4.3
Fantasy & SciFi
'Recursion takes mind-twisting premises and embeds them in a deeply emotional story about time and loss and grief and most of all, the glory of the human heart' – Gregg Hurwitz, international bestselling author of Orphan X.
A breathtaking exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is the follow-up novel to the smash-hit thriller, Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch.
What if someone could rewrite your entire life?
‘My son has been erased.’
Those are the last words the woman tells Barry Sutton before she leaps from the Manhattan rooftop.
Deeply unnerved, Barry begins to investigate her death only to learn that this wasn’t an isolated case. All across the country, people are waking up to lives different from the ones they fell asleep to. Are they suffering from False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious, new disease that afflicts people with vivid memories of a life they never lived? Or is something far more sinister behind the fracturing of reality all around him?
Miles away, neuroscientist Helena Smith is developing a technology that allows us to preserve our most intense memories and relive them. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss or the birth of a child.
Barry’s search for the truth leads him on an impossible, astonishing journey as he discovers that Helena’s work has yielded a terrifying gift . . .
'A fantastic read' – Andy Weir, Number one New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.
© 2019 Pan Macmillan (Audiobook): 9781509866700
Release date
Audiobook: 13 June 2019
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Paulosutty
2 Jun 2020
At begining it had high hype later on just fade away ....bog solution seems to be not that much overwhelmed
Sonal
6 Dec 2020
At start it's good... But as the time passes it becomes more confusing and lengthy... Dark matter is a better one
Ishank
2 Jan 2020
Exceptional book.Kind of gets boring towards the end but still worth it.
Shanthala
14 Nov 2022
I liked dark matter better;but this isn't half bad either 😁A little challenging to understand and cope with the concept of relativity of time and reality in the manner it's been used in the story for us who have very little knowledge of it all to begin with. But the narrative is so gripping it's like watching sci-fi movies, you feel like you understand it all but not quite (lol) and still you enjoy the thing in its entirety.
Bright
24 Aug 2022
Brilliant story. Haven't experienced such a thought provoking story in a long while.
Ashish
15 Mar 2024
I was on my toes trying to wrap my head around the story when the FMS concept was first mentioned. It is an amazing idea. Well though and well written. Also, the voice of the artist is really great.
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