Branches: A Novel

A mind-bending novel for fans of Blake Crouch, Matt Haig and Margaret Atwood, this thought-provoking bestseller will make you question everything you know.

SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD TOOK A WRONG TURN ... WHAT IF IT DID?

This isn't your life.

This isn't your timeline.

And there's a way out.

"A powerful piece of inventive and topical science fiction [that] will undoubtedly resonate with readers in a way that many stories reach for, but few achieve." -The BookLife Prize

"Rings frightfully true. A precision hit on a raw nerve." -Stella Jorette, author of Harmony Lost

"A story of emotional discovery and depth that left me breathless by the last fateful word." -BookBub review

For one man, the past few years have delivered one shock after another. The election of an authoritarian president. The sudden loss of his mother. A series of debilitating seizures. Now, as America descends into a nightmare, he's shocked to learn the explanation for his seizures: He's in the wrong universe. A drug trial promises to return him to the timeline where he belongs. With his family life strained, his job gone and tanks in the streets, he jumps at the opportunity. But what will he find on the other side?

Take a trip through the multiverse filled with surprises and second chances. Visit alternate timelines where life played out differently, yet one man keeps dying in every one. Travel paths not taken. Question the nature of fate. And search for an answer to the biggest question of all: in a world that feels like it's spinning out of control, is it possible for one person to make a difference?

Now an international Amazon bestseller, Branches is both a cerebral page-turner and a deeply personal journey through fear, grief and redemption.



REVIEWS

"Branches by Adam Peter Johnson is a unique piece of time travel fiction, and for a first novel, it's essentially a masterpiece. ... If you've enjoyed Matt Haig's The Midnight Library, or are looking for a science-fiction book dealing with alternate histories and time travel, then I think you'll fall in love with this novel." -Bookwormex

"This book gave me an existential crisis, but in a good way. It's incredibly thoughtful sci-fi." -Kevin E. Carlson, author of Jade Fall

"Several weeks later, the book has stayed with me. Especially the ending, which the author gets absolutely right. He has something important to say." -Paul Clark, author of The Price of Dreams

"Part dystopian, part all-too-familiar reality ... walks an imaginative line between what we think we know and what actually is." -Stories on Stage Davis

"Lovers of alternate histories will find much that fascinates [in] this bold experiment in timelines and trauma." -BookLife

"This is sci-fi with both brains and a heart. ... A brilliantly insightful debut. ¿¿¿¿¿" -BookBub review

"I did not want to put it down, and I did not stop thinking about it after. ¿¿¿¿¿" -Amazon review

"If you were a fan of Blake Crouch's Dark Matter, this is for you. ¿¿¿¿¿" -GoodReads review