Recursion

New York City detective Barry Sutton investigates False Memory Syndrome, a condition where people experience vivid recollections of lives they never lived. Simultaneously, neuroscientist Helena Smith develops a chair designed to map and preserve memories to help Alzheimer’s patients. Their paths converge when Helena’s invention is weaponized to rewrite the timeline of human history. As the world collapses under the weight of competing pasts, Barry and Helena must navigate shifting realities to stop a technology that transforms every human memory into a potential reset button for global stability.

This book is for readers who enjoy hard science fiction grounded in high-stakes investigative procedural beats. It appeals to those interested in the ethics of neural engineering and the paradoxes of time travel. Readers walk away with a technical understanding of the relationship between sensory recall and the physical structure of time. The story provides an analysis of how personal identity survives when the external world changes, leaving the audience to consider the psychological cost of permanent nostalgia and the instability of shared reality.