Recursion
by Blake Crouch
Buy on AmazonMemory makes reality. That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent. As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past.…
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"Recursion is part sci-fi , part twisty thriller, part epic love story . I read this last summer while in Italy and missed my train stop because I was so engrossed in the novel. NYPD detective Barry Sutton encounters a woman who appears to have False Memory Syndrome, what some believe is a contagion that is spreading rapidly in which those inflicted have memories of a different life. But it’s not a syndrome at all, and instead the result of an invention of neuroscientist Helena Smith. Barry and Helena ultimately intersect to try to save each other – and the world. I can’t do the storyline justice, but it lives up to every bit of its ambition."
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