“Recursion” by Blake Crouch

In 2018, Helena Smith’s mother is living with Alzheimer’s. She is increasingly losing her memories and Helena is working non-stop to find a way to stop this from happening. A brilliant neuroscientist on the verge of an incredible breakthrough, Helena is quickly running out of time and money. Her invention, a memory chair with the ability to map a person’s memory and return them to someone like Helena’s mother is still years away from trials. When Helena is approached by an investor who is willing to give her unlimited funding to create her chair she is desperate to say yes but at what cost will this be to her in the long run? Barry, living in 2007, is a New York City policeman heading towards a call to help talk down woman on top of a building. She is convinced she is suffering from False Memory Syndrome. This “illness” has started to pop up all over the city but no one knows what is causing it, whether or not it’s contagious or how to treat those inflicted. Though it’s not exactly his job to investigate the FMS outbreak, Barry follows a lead not knowing that he will be altering everything he knows to be true as well as those he loves most. Blake Crouch has written an absolutely genius, twisting and complex story involving multiple timelines, memory and a race to undo the end of time. For fans of “Dark Matter” this new work by Crouch is not one to miss. Do yourself a favor and pick up both of these today. 

Pick up a copy of “Recursion” here.