Paradox Inc.

byForrest Brazeal

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When Davis Kennedy interviews at a mysterious new startup called Paradox Inc., he’s startled to find the venue is in the past. Silicon Valley’s emerging “temporal engineering” sector has just cracked time travel, and companies are racing to exploit it for productivity hacks that would make Steve Jobs’s head spin.

Despite initial hesitations, Davis takes the job—only to find himself at the center of a frenzied tech arms race to bring consumer time travel to market. As corporate recklessness fractures reality itself, Davis struggles to clean up his colleagues’ messes. Even worse, his billionaire founder isn’t just in it for the science—he has far more sinister plans. If he gains control of the future, it might already be too late to stop him.

Told in a mockumentary style with rotating POVs, PARADOX INC. follows Davis; Gloria, an executive at a rival tech firm battling time travel-induced chaos; and Lena, a journalist profiling Paradox Inc.'s founder, only to uncover a much larger conspiracy.

© Forrest Brazeal 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

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: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781804961865
  • Price: £14.00
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