Dissolution

A Novel

By: Nicholas Binge

Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens, David Thorpe, Joe Eyre

NAMED A BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE

“Suspenseful, provocative and surprisingly tender.”—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“Cleverly weaves together time travel and memory games into a hard-to-put-down thriller. It’s an expertly crafted puzzle of a story.”—NEW SCIENTIST

A woman dives into her husband's memories to uncover a decades-old feud threatening reality itself in this staggering technothriller from the bestselling author of Ascension

Maggie Webb has lived the last decade caring for elderly husband, Stanley, as memory loss gradually erases all the beautiful moments they created together. It's the loneliest she's ever felt in her life.

When a mysterious stranger named Hassan appears at her door, he reveals a shocking truth: Stanley isn't losing his memories. Someone is actively removing them to hide a long-buried secret from coming to light. If Maggie does what she's told, she can reverse it. She can get her husband back.

Led by Hassan and his technological marvels, Maggie breaks into her husband's mind, probing the depths of his memories in an effort to save him. The deeper she dives, the more she unravels a mystery spanning continents and centuries, each layer more complex than the last. But Hassan cannot be trusted. Not just memories are disappearing, but pieces of reality itself. If Maggie cannot find out what Stanley did all those years ago, and what Hassan is after, she risks far more than her husband's life. The very course of human history hangs in the balance.

That ending!!!

I loved this book. So clever and such a great story. Performance were fantastic. I loved the ending!!!

Thought this was never end!

This went on entirely too long. I’m not particularly a sci fi reader but have enjoyed books like Dark Matter. Considered not finishing but pushed ahead. 2.5 stars rounded up.

Great time travel story

A well told story. It reads like A great mystery. I didn't figure it all out until close to the end.

Good mind-bender

I enjoyed this book. It was the second book. I’ve read by this author, and I look forward to other books by him. The narration was good also..

Thought provoking premise!

I loved this story about memory and love. Who are we without our memories? As anyone who has known a person with dementia knows they lose themselves when they lose their memories and connections to people they love. What would happen if someone could go back and change history of events before the collective world order has memory of an event? Who should even be trusted with or have that ability? It invites in megalomaniacs who believe they know what is best for all mankind. With all those questions swirling around the basic underlying strength is in the bond of Stanley and Maggie’s 50 year marriage. I love how human this story is while exploring such grand ideas of traveling back to a time in someone’s memories to witness what happened and possibly change it.
The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was I was hoping for a more clever and closed loop ending. It was left up in the air and came down to will between two people.