Dr. Elena Vasquez has spent years extracting memories from the dead, using cutting-edge quantum archaeology to unlock the secrets trapped in cooling synapses. But when a routine extraction reveals something impossible—memories from parallel realities where the deceased lived completely different lives—everything she thought she knew about consciousness, death, and reality itself begins to unravel.
Haunted by the loss of her sixteen-year-old daughter Sarah five years ago, Elena sees a chance to glimpse the life her child should have lived. Using stolen equipment and dangerous quantum technology, she pushes the boundaries of science to access memories from alternate timelines—realities where Sarah survived, grew up, and became the woman she was meant to be.
But some doors should never be opened.
As Elena becomes addicted to the intoxicating beauty of parallel possibilities, she loses her grip on the world she actually inhabits. The quantum memories feel more real than reality itself, and Elena must choose between the comforting illusion of infinite alternatives and the painful truth of singular existence.