FlashForward

The basis for the ABC TV series starring Joseph Fiennes and John Cho! The Aurora Award-winning novel that started it all!

The classic science-fiction thriller about fate vs. free will: An attempt by physicist Lloyd Simcoe and his team to detect the elusive Higgs boson with CERN's Large Hadron Collider goes horribly wrong, causing everyone on Earth to black out. Those who survive wake up with memories of their futures. But can foreknowledge of their fates let these all-too-human people escape their destinies?

• "A creative, soul-searching exploration of fate, free will, and the nature of the universe. This first-rate, philosophical journey, a terrific example of idea-driven SF, should have wide appeal." -Publishers Weekly (starred review, denoting a book of exceptional merit)

• "Thoroughly entertaining. The characters and story keep you turning the pages to see how this future turns out." -CNN

• "FlashForward has well-developed characters that you care about; great storytelling with good science knowledge and speculation." -The Boston Globe

• "FlashForward treats the reader to visions of an almost Wellsian future. The reliable Sawyer turns in another solid performance." -Booklist
• "Sawyer's strength lies in combining human-sized problems with cutting-edge science. He does a masterful job of blending them here." -The Davis Enterprise (Davis, California)
• "If you want a vision bigger than yours, bigger than your neighbor's, read FlashForward, sit back in wonder and pleasure, and enjoy the ride." -Terence M. Green
• "The novel evokes the sense of wonder that we all hope to find when we pick up a hard SF novel." -The New York Review of Science Fiction
• "Both intellectually and dramatically satisfying." -The Orlando Sentinel
• "Sawyer manipulates an intricate plot brilliantly." -Rocky Mountain News
• "The idea behind this book is unbelievably cool. Readers who like full closure will enjoy FlashForward's stunningly neat wrap-up." -SciFi Weekly
• "An excellent SF novel, a perfect blend of cosmic speculation and human drama, and Sawyer's best book yet. FlashForward's plot lets Sawyer muse on true love, free will, quantum reality, and the nature of consciousness while telling a funny, wrenching tale of fallible humans in a mystifying universe." -Starlog
• "An utterly fascinating premise and hard questions about free will and determinism. Sawyer imagines both the poignant and the darkly humorous sides to knowing one's own future. An excellent novel that really makes you think." -Winnipeg Free Press

Robert J. Sawyer, a member of The Order of Canada and a Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and #1 Locus bestseller, is the author of 24 other novels, including The Oppenheimer Alternative, Quantum Night, and FlashForward, the basis for the ABC TV series. He lives just outside Toronto.