The Gone World
Time-travel secret agent Shannon Moss visits future time periods for clues about a Navy SEAL astronaut's murdered family and the disappearance of his teenage daughter, a case that is complicated by the SEAL's and Shannon's own impact on the timeline.
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- If you liked it and want something in a similar style (conceptually) but with a bit more personal/human element I would recommend The Raw Shark Texts.
As for best sci fi books I’ve read in a while: The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch (think sci fi meets True Detective) - some awesome concepts here and really strong pacing. The other one was Version Control by Dexter Palmer which is a bit slower and more subtle sci fi (big concepts presented in a personal drama style of book)
- > If the fringe theory of microtubules storing memories in quantum states in the human brain is correct, there is a critical magnetic field past which you'd forget everything... including the things you learned in infancy, like how to hold your head up, crawl, talk, etc.
This was a plot point in one of my favorite sci-fi books [0]. I thought it was totally made up for the book.
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33413556-the-gone-world
