The Gone World
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The Gone World
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“I promise you have never read a story like this.” —Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter
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 vanished teenage daughter. 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 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 to 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.
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The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch is praised for its gripping blend of science fiction and thriller elements, providing a complex narrative filled with time travel and deep philosophical questions. Reviewers highlight the intricately woven plot and the intense atmosphere that builds suspense throughout the story. The novel is noted for its exploration of existential themes and the fine balance between emotional depth and action-packed sequences.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780425278901
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 February 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: G P Putnam's Sons
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 209.0mm
Weight: 306g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Tom Sweterlitsch is the author of The Gone World and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. He has a Master's Degree in Literary and Cultural Theory from Carnegie Mellon and worked for twelve years at the Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and daughter.
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