There are five days to save the world, and Elizabeth Norris counts down to a triumphant conclusion in her sequel to Unraveling.
After Ben Michaels and his healing gifts brought Janelle Turner back to life in Unraveling, and the two together prevented the end of the world, Ben returned to his home in an alternate universe. Unfortunately for Ben, back home he's considered the prime suspect of a human-trafficking ring. People from different universes are being abducted and sold into slavery--called the Unwilling--and an unsettling number are vanishing from San Diego, where Janelle lives. Agent Barclay of the Interverse Alliance enlists Janelle's help; they raise the stakes by sending Janelle through a portal into worlds far more dangerous than her own.
Janelle has never gone down without a fight, but in order to survive in these alternate universes, she's pushed to unfathomable limits, which haunt her throughout her mission to find Ben and to prove his innocence. When Janelle finally finds Ben, readers may well wonder if he was better off lost. (Ben's history is explored further in the e-novella Undone.) Science fiction fans will appreciate the strange interactions with doppelgängers, portal hopping and blueprints that map out the alternate universes, but a familiar theme of belonging when your world is falling apart--sometimes literally for Janelle--will appeal to all readers. The brief and electrifying chapters will send fans racing to the end. --Adam Silvera, Paper Lantern Lit intern and former bookseller