A New York Times Bestselling AuthorNew York City cop Barry Sutton is investigating the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome -- a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. Meanwhile, neuroscientist Helena Smith has dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let people preserve their most precious memories. The Syndrome, however, attacks not only minds, but the very fabric of the past. As its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only Barry and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it. But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?