Maggie Webb has lived the last decade caring for her elderly husband, Stanley, as memory loss gradually erases all the beautiful moments they created together. It’s the loneliest she’s ever felt in her life.
When a mysterious stranger named Hassan appears at her door, he reveals a shocking truth: Stanley isn’t losing his memories. Someone is actively removing them to hide a long-buried secret from coming to light. If Maggie does what she’s told, she can reverse it. She can get her husband back.
Led by Hassan and his technological marvels, Maggie breaks into her husband’s mind, probing the depths of his memories in an effort to save him. The deeper she dives, the more she unravels a mystery spanning continents and centuries, each layer more complex than the last.
But Hassan cannot be trusted. Not just memories are disappearing, but pieces of reality itself. If Maggie cannot find out what Stanley did all those years ago, and what Hassan is after, she risks far more than her husband’s life. The very course of human history hangs in the balance.
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You’ve got eleven hours until reset. (TRANSCRIPT NO. 273: Margaret Webb. DATE STAMP: 11 AUG. 2021. 11 Hours, 0 Minutes, and 0 Seconds Until Dissolution)
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(@HarperVoyagerUK, 27 March 2025, 384 pages, ARC from the publisher via @NetGalley_UK)
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I’ve enjoyed other books by the author and was looking forward to reading Dissolution. I loved the premise of the book and was looking forward to it unfolding. I don’t often read sci-fi so it made a nice change to read something out of my comfort zone. This is not the type of sci-fi I usually enjoy but the author managed to reel me in. I also liked the fact the main characters were an elderly couple. I enjoyed reading this and would recommend it.
4/5
