Quantum Night

It’s always darkest before the dawn ... Canadian experimental psychologist Jim Marchuk has developed a flawless technique for identifying the previously undetected psychopaths lurking everywhere in society. But while being cross-examined in court about his breakthrough, Jim is shocked to discover that he has lost his memories of six months of his life from twenty years previously — a dark time during which he himself committed heinous acts. Jim is reunited with Kayla Huron, his forgotten girlfriend from his lost period. She is now a quantum physicist and has made a stunning discovery about the nature of human consciousness. As a rising tide of violence and hate sweeps across the globe, the psychologist and the physicist combine forces in a race against time to see if they can do the impossible — change human nature — before the entire world descends into darkness. Set at the University of Manitoba, the Canadian Light Source (Canada’s national synchrotron research facility) in Saskatchewan, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg • Winner of Canada’s Aurora Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year • A Main Selection of The Science Fiction Book Club • Starred review in Publishers Weekly • #1 Locus bestseller • Maclean’s bestseller “Quantum Night is a fast-paced thinking-person’s thriller richly informed by modern science. Sawyer has certainly done his homework about psychopaths and he understands well that, far from being just the occasional headline-grabbing serial killer, they’re everywhere.” —Kevin Dutton, author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths “What a great, provocative read! From quantum physics to the philosophy of mind, Sawyer’s latest novel will leave you pondering deep questions long after you turn the final page.” —Dan Falk, author of In Search…