The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons on February 6th 2018
Pages: 400
Genres: Sci-fi
Format: Hardcover
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Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope. The Gone World follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind.
Shannon Moss is part of a clandestine division within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In Western Pennsylvania, 1997, she is assigned to solve the murder of a Navy SEAL's family--and to locate his teenage daughter, who has disappeared. Though she can't share the information with conventional law enforcement, Moss discovers that the missing SEAL was an astronaut aboard the spaceship U.S.S. Libra--a ship assumed lost to the darkest currents of Deep Time. Moss knows first-hand the mental trauma of time-travel and believes the SEAL's experience with the future has triggered this violence.
Determined to find the missing girl and driven by a troubling connection from her own past, Moss travels ahead in time to explore possible versions of the future, seeking evidence or insight that will crack the present-day case. To her horror, the future reveals that it's not only the fate of a family that hinges on her work, for what she witnesses rising over time's horizon and hurtling toward the present is the Terminus: the terrifying and cataclysmic end of humanity itself.
Luminous and unsettling, The Gone World bristles with world-shattering ideas yet remains at its heart an intensely human story.
About Tom Sweterlitsch
Tom Sweterlitsch was born in Iowa and grew up in Ohio. His first novel, Tomorrow and Tomorrow was published in 2014. He has co-written several short films with Director Neill Blomkamp for Oats Studios including Rakka, Firebase, and Zygote. Before becoming a writer, he worked for the Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped for twelve years. His new novel, The Gone World, is due out in February from Putnam Books. Tom lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and daughter.
This sounds all sorts of awesome. A True Detective comparison certainly doesn’t hurt.
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Sounds like an interesting read and that cover is striking. Great find!
Barb (boxermommyreads) recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday (124)
Anything that gets compared to True Detective is good with me!
Bonnie recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
I’m totally in board with this book, it sounds pretty trippy! Great choice😁
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I love a good mystery. Throw in some sci-fi aspects and I’m all for it. 🙂
Bonnie recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
It definitely sounds like a fantastic read. I am always up for a murder mystery. Nice pick.