I am warning you now this review will have spoilers. This book is best read not knowing anything. So I will tell you straight out that it is a page-turning, enjoyable thriller with a really cool sci-fi premise, though it is ultimately about human relations. That all being said, it is also very much a mainstream book and so is written in a way that I do not enjoy. Way too much emoting about everything and constant references to class-conscious material goods (like describing the countertops and type of wine in a kitchen that will all feel so dated in a decade). Also, the main character has to be kind of wimpy and make not the smartest decisions. People seem to dig this style, but I can only handle a few of them a year.
So here's the story. Jason Dessen is a happily married physics professor with a 15-year old son. Coming back from celebratory drinks with his more successful colleague, he is suddenly accosted by a masked man who takes him to an abandoned warehouse and shoots him up with drugs. He wakes up in a super fancy lab being applauded by a welcoming committee. They know his name and treat him with deference and respect, but there is also tons of security and armed guards in the lab. He escapes and makes his way back to his home, but it's all changed and there is no wife and son. Really honestly you should stop reading this and just go read the book because the premise is really quite cool.
Actually, I am going to stop there as that should give you enough of an idea as to whether this kind of book is for you or not. I ended up enjoying it, though with the reservations mentioned above as well as one major logical flaw which I will put down below for the record (again, major spoiler!)
[If he could go to any world from the box, why didn't he just go to a world that already had the quantum technology and explain to them what happened and get them to fix it?]
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