A man trapped in a recurring time loop uncovers the mysteries of his existence in a mind-bending, award-winning novel of lost love, multiple selves, and free will at the frontiers of time.

Today is Mattias Madsen’s forty-second birthday. Again.

Mattias is not just a man with a photographic memory. He can travel to any moment of his life. But this ability has come with a hitch, as he’s become stuck in a loop. The same lakeside path. The same walk with his long-deceased sister. Something is off, though—these are not his memories at all. Trapped in a maddening limbo, Mattias is getting desperate. Reality is starting to fracture. Time itself seems to be ripping apart. And the dream of ever reuniting with his wife and daughter is fading fast.

Mattias’s only hope is Andrice, a fellow traveler on a mysterious mission of her own who offers Mattias escape. But breaking free comes with risks greater than Mattias can fathom. Someone is playing with his life and memories. As he navigates a paranoid new existence, his sense of identity threatens to fracture, and his memories of the people he loves recede further through time. Mattias could be heading toward a new reality—or oblivion.

© 2027 by J.D. Robinson, all rights reserved.

<p>Award-winning author J.D. Robinson writes twisty, humanist science fiction, speculating on the human condition as ordinary people face extraordinary challenges. His works include <i>Whispering Skin</i>, <i>Songs from the Void</i>, and <i>Broken Helix</i>, among others. <i>When Tomorrows End</i> was a winner of the Andromeda Award, and <i>The Last Shadow</i> was a semifinalist in the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. In addition to writing, J.D.’s experiences out in the real world include being a night-shift airport custodian, a cog in the machinery of a spy satellite government contractor, and a designer of the earliest 3D chat spaces. He lives in California’s Bay Area with his partner, where he’s waiting for the big one. (The singularity, that is.) For more information, visit www.jdrobinson-author.com.</p>