This science-fiction novel by a successful screenwriter seems almost to have been written with a movie in mind, given its combination of fast action, high tech inventions, complex plots, intrigue and suspense. It has some love and relationship elements, some sex, some violence, and many mind-bending events.
This is all in the service of exploring the unimaginable "multiverse" of quantum physics theory: a state where every act of choice by every person, and every instance of "chance", leads to a new universe and a different sequence of events and outcomes. The main plot driver is this question: what might happen if some brilliant person invented a machine that allows us to move between these universes?
The point of this plot device is to show how each of us might end up becoming very different people, depending on which choice we make at each moment, and how that might interact with the choices of others. If you like this sort of speculation about life, and how our own choices and outside events constantly shape the course of our lives (and I do), it's a fun ride, and a thought-provoking one too. Recommended.
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