

First things first: In the present day, brilliant scientist Gabby White is independently working on a cure for Alzheimer’s in her barn in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Readers won’t feel that they’re on the edges of their seats as much as they’re on a balance beam above a pit of lava while trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube.

So, brace yourself-this book is even more merciless in that regard.

Talented comic book writer Soule’s debut novel ( The Oracle Year, 2018) was a serious brain bender, enjoyable as a twisty, well-written paranormal thriller and, more importantly, one of those books you find yourself thinking about days later. A woman searching for a cure to an unfathomable disease accidentally makes a breakthrough that will change the world.
