Dark Matter

It's a propulsive, page-turner that takes you on a breathtaking, multiverse ride. Jason Dessen lives an otherwise unremarkable life. He's got a good job teaching at a local college, has a lovely wife and a son he adores. But after celebrating a friends award for achievements in physics he can't help but wonder about the road not taken. On his way home he's jumped, kidnapped and knocked unconscious. When he awakes he finds himself living the life where critically different choices had him focus single-mindedly on the pursuit of science. It's a quantum mechanic It's a Wonderful Life as Jason is confronted with the consequences of those choices. That's one hell of a setup and author Blake Crouch takes us on a roller coaster ride to to the final pages of the book. It teeters on the edge of over-the-top and falters at times but you're too busy flipping through the pages to notice.