Reviews:
“Lovers of alternate histories will find much that fascinates in this bold experiment in timelines and trauma.”
—Booklife
“Part dystopian, part all-too-familiar reality ... Branches walks an imaginative line between what we think we know and what actually is.”
—Stories on Stage Davis
What readers are saying:
“Sci-Fi with both brains & a heart ... A brilliantly insightful debut. ★★★★★”
—BookBub
“I did not want to put it down, and I did not stop
thinking about it after. ★★★★★”
—Amazon
“In a few years this will really be ‘that’ 2020 book. ★★★★★”
—GoodReads
2021. The pandemic never happened here. That’s the bad news. Now there are tanks in the streets. The good news is that there’s a way out. Amid the chaos, one man is given the chance to escape his dystopian reality. But what will he find on the other side?
A man grieving the recent loss of his mother and traumatized by America’s rapid descent into a fascist police state is shocked to discover the explanation for his mysterious seizures: He’s in the wrong universe. A drug trial promises to return him to the timeline where he belongs. But it might be too good to be true.
Booklist raves that “this journey through a thousand possible presents will appeal to fans of alternate histories looking for a cerebral adventure.”
Readers are calling Branches: A Novel “The Man in the High Castle for the age of doomscrolling,” a fast-paced metaphysical journey that combines the history-bending science fiction of Philip K. Dick and the emotionally-rich dystopian worlds of Margaret Atwood with a sharp, original voice from debut author Adam Peter Johnson.
Take a journey through the multiverse that shines a light on various crises playing out in America today, from political extremism to police brutality. It’s a story that explores the road not taken, questions the nature of fate, and asks what it would take for one person to truly change their life. Branches: A Novel will make you look at the world in a new way in this deeply personal journey through fear, grief and redemption.
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