About Abandon A century-old mysteryand a desperate battle to surviveunfold in this standalone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion. And I know there is a timeline chart out there but honestly, its confusing to read. Part journey into old-West history, part nail-biting survival thriller, Abandon is a bloody, darkly surprising tale as only Blake Crouch could deliver. Aren't the FMS cases a result of Slades' doing, if so, that would still make the lunch part of Slades' altered timeline.Īgain, I may have overlooked the answers in the book.

Wouldn't this 'timeline' be Slades' timeline he created after killing Helen? The first few pages of the book, Barry goes investigates a report of a woman with FMS which was on - 3 days prior to his lunch with Julia. Other than being a significant memory for her, why doesn't she return back to a date when she was 20 or a date before Barry meets Julia instead all the way to when she was 16 years old?Īt the end Barry goes back to the original timeline to stop Helen's death to essentially reset everything. She meets Barry at 20 each of those lives- minus the one -and goes from there until 4/16/19. Paranormal Pumpkin Scentsy Warmer - Scentsy Harvest Collection 40.00 Dark Matter by Blake Crouch - Artist Edition 135.00 2023 Independent Bookstore Day. Helena goes back multiple times to her 16 year old self to find a way to undo everything the chair has caused. I may have overlooked the answer in the book so they may be easy questions to answer. Just finished reading this book and I loved every bit of it BUT like any other complex-plot-type book I have a couple questions.

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