She works-and shamelessly flirts-with her enticing yet aloof handler, Dell, as the two women collect off-world data for the Eldridge Institute. Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for multiverse travel, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now what once made her marginalized has finally become an unexpected source of power. She has a nice apartment on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. On this dystopian Earth, however, Cara has survived. Cara’s life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying-from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun.
Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR-NPR, Library Journal, Book Riot “ Gorgeous writing, mind-bending world-building, razor-sharp social commentary, and a main character who demands your attention-and your allegiance.”-Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse.An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens the very fabric of the multiverse in this stunning debut, a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging.
(*When you buy through links on this page we may earn a small commission, but this plays no role in what we review or our opinion of it.NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE The Space Between Worlds is a fresh and interesting take on the multiverse. There are intense and weighty revelations from page one.Īt times, the book is reminiscent of Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter’s The Long Earth, and at others, it is closer to Luiza Sauma’s Everything You Ever Wanted. The characters are sharply written and the way that the plot twists and turns is gripping. It muses on questions of identity, nature vs nurture and the consequences of our actions.Īlthough there are a few awkward steps in its world-building process, the novel never falls under the weight of too much complexity. Instead, it is a surprisingly intimate novel about facing down one’s demons.
The book explores a lot of exciting possibilities about alternative realities, but it soon becomes clear that exploration and world-building on a multiversal scale isn’t its goal. Read more: How to think about… The multiverse
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