Neve Maslakovic makes her fiction writing debut with this new book that follows the exploits of main protaganist Felix Sayers as he seeks to find his 'Alter', Felix B to answer the question of who has lived their life better. It is in that pursuit that our hero comes to find out the part he played in helping Universe B spring to life. Maslakovic creates a world where shuttling between universes is as common as a surburbanite commuting to the big city and where a group of college students and their professor have targeted Felix to explore the Butterfly Effect of his actions as a child came to affect the Universes. This is not a hard sci-fi read but a story with an interesting plot and evokes the question of What If?. A promising debut from this new author.

In many ways this book is the anti-The Baroque Cycle. Instead of a tale that spans decades, this yarn spans just a few days. Stephenson made it clear he wanted to write a thriller and this novel is a fast paced page turner. This may not be the sci-fi/cyberpunk material Stephenson is known for, however the idea of a software billionaire going toe to toe with an international terrorist should appeal to any nerd's inner-geek.