Faller

Name: Faller
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Will McIntosh
ISBN: 9781501926280

Author: Will McIntosh

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 11 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/25/2016

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Day One No one can remember anything--who they are, family and friends, or even how to read. Reality has fragmented and Earth consists of an islands of rock floating in an endless sky. Food, water, electricity--gone, except for what people can find, and they can't find much. Faller's pockets contain tantalizing clues: a photo of himself and a woman he can't remember, a toy solider with a parachute, and a mysterious map drawn in blood. With only these materials as a guide, he makes a leap of faith from the edge of the world to find the woman and set things right. He encounters other floating islands, impossible replicas of himself and others, and learns that one man hates him enough to take revenge for actions Faller can't even remember.

About Will McIntosh

Will McIntosh is a Hugo Award winner and a winner or finalist for twelve other science fiction/fantasy awards. His most recent books include Unbreakable, a dystopian novel with a twist you will not see coming; Faller, published by Tor Books; and a middle grade book (ages nine and up) titled Watchdog, which is being developed as an animated TV series by the creators of the How to Train Your Dragon TV series, Dragons: Race to the Edge. His previous book, Defenders, was optioned by Warner Brothers for a feature film, while Love Minus Eighty was named the best science fiction book of 2013 by the American Library Association-RUSA, and has also been optioned for a TV series. Will was a psychology professor before turning to writing full-time, and still occasionally teaches Introductory Psychology at the
College of William and Mary. He lives in Williamsburg with his wife and their twins.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

This was amazing! I'm quickly revising my growing list of books that should be nominated for next year's Hugo, and this one certainly fits the bill. :) The ideas are really awesome. Two big ones, slamming against each other in a truly horrific and out-there way, and all the while, our MC, Faller, fal......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne

Thank you to Tor Books and Netgalley for providing a copy of this book for review purposes. In the year of Dark Matter hype, it's understandable that the beginning of Faller feels somewhat (but not overly) familiar. A man comes to in the middle of a street, and literally everything is a mystery. He......more

Goodreads review by Althea

'Faller' gives us two alternating narratives. In the first, a man 'comes to' in the midst of a crowd. Everyone present seems to have lost their memory. They don't know who they are; how or if they are connected to the people around them. The objects they see seem vaguely familiar, but they're not su......more