The Adjacent

One of the master illusionists of our time. Wired A head-spinning blast of blurred reality . . . jaw-dropping. NPR Completely fascinating. San Francisco Book Review Set against a kaleidoscopic backdrop of Earths past present and future this time-hopping science fiction novel is a moving meditation on the resonance of history memory and love (AV Club) In the near future Tibor Tarent a freelance photographer is recalled from Anatolia to Britain when his wife an aid worker is killedannihilated by a terrifying weapon that reduces its target to a triangular patch of scorched earth. A century earlier Tommy Trent a stage magician is sent to the Western Front on a secret mission to render British reconnaissance aircraft invisible to the enemy. Present day. A theoretical physicist develops a new method of diverting matter a discovery with devastating consequences that will resonate through time.