Paradox Inc.

byForrest Brazeal

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Silicon Valley just invented time travel. The consequences are rewriting history.

Meet the Bleb 1, the world’s first consumer time-travel device. It has the potential to change the world for the better—but for now, people are using it to steal limited-edition Doritos from the 1990s, or kill their past selves for TikTok clout.

Behind the device is Paradox Inc., a start-up prepared to do anything to stay ahead, even as the time-travel bubble threatens to destroy reality itself.

As the industry spirals, three people find themselves at the centre of the chaos: an engineer who knows too much, a rival executive trying to impose order, and a journalist uncovering a conspiracy too vast for any tech giant to hide. Together, they confront the truth: the future may still be unwritten, but the past is no longer safe.

After all, those who do not understand history are doomed to screw it up.

A funny and distressingly realistic depiction of how Silicon Valley would handle time machines as a consumer product. Propelled by awesome characters and inventive twists—and a bittersweet ending that I can't stop thinking about.

Andy Weir, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian

About Forrest Brazeal

Forrest Brazeal worked at Google during the peak of the AI and crypto crazes. His
original songs skewering the business and people of Silicon Valley can be found on Youtube, and his short stories have been published in Daily Science Fiction and Abyss & Apex. He lives in North Carolina with his family.
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  • Imprint: Del Rey
  • ISBN: 9781529969344
  • Length: 368 pages
  • Price: £20.00
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