The Story
David Caine is a gifted probability savant and compulsive gambler whose life is thrown off course after a seizure, a crushing loss, and mounting debt. A risky experimental treatment seems to change the rules around him, giving him startling perceptions that tie together chance, prediction, and impossible outcomes.
As David’s condition worsens and powerful people take interest in what he can do, he is dragged into a web of secret agencies, unethical science, and dangerous pursuits. He is forced to rely on uneasy allies, including Nava Vaner, while trying to survive the people who want to control or exploit his abilities.
The narrative keeps widening as separate characters, investigations, and scientific ideas converge. The book builds toward the revelation that events, relationships, and hidden connections are all part of a larger pattern, with the story’s meaning becoming clearer only as the pieces come together.
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Details
- Authors
- Adam Fawer
- First published
- 2006
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Thriller, Roman, Mystery, American, Mystery Thriller, Adventure
- ISBN-13
- 9789756006054
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