Fracture
by Melanie Bokstad Horev
Published: December 1, 2025
Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Blurb:
She tried to erase her daughter's memory. Instead, she gave it a life of its own.
In a world where grief is illegal, Dr. Mara Lior has mourned her daughter, Elara, for 4,273 days. To survive, she initiates Project Cortex—a radical procedure to surgically excise the memories destroying her.
But the procedure doesn't bring silence. It brings a rupture.
The part of Mara that remembers—the grief, the love, the rage—tears free as Echo, a separate consciousness in a stolen body. Disoriented and hunted, Echo is abandoned in the Analog Zone, the lawless underworld beneath their perfect society.
When Mara is captured and weaponized as "Asset Clandestine," she becomes the psychic tether used to hunt the very anomaly she created. Now two halves of one soul stand on opposite sides of a brewing war: one a prisoner forced to hunt, the other a fugitive becoming the resistance's most dangerous weapon.
But as their enemies close in, both discover that the only thing more terrifying than being torn apart is the possibility of becoming whole again.
Perfect for readers who love:
High-concept science fiction with emotional depth
Dystopian worlds and resistance narratives
Complex mother-daughter relationships
Mind-bending twists on memory and identity
What
would you sacrifice to forget? And what would you become if you
did?
For
fans of Recursion and The Memory Police comes a mind-bending science
fiction thriller about memory, identity, and the price of erasing
grief.
My Review:
Fracture is a captivating tale that ensnared my attention from the very first page and continued to hold it page after page. I was unable to look away, as I was eager to discover what would happen next. I adored the storyline of Fracture; it was incredibly unique. I don't think I've encountered anything quite like it before.
Fracture stands out as one of the finest books I've read in quite some time. The world-building is exceptional, among the best I have experienced thus far. I can hardly fathom existing in a society like Mara’s, where mourning is prohibited. My heart went out to Mara as she dealt with the sorrow of losing her daughter in such a harsh reality. I completely understand her desire to find a way to erase those memories or at least conceal them so she wouldn't feel their weight anymore.
The resolution of Mara’s quest to conceal her memories of her daughter was both intriguing and unexpected. The more I delved into the story, the more engrossed I became. What a fascinating idea if it were truly possible to achieve. It makes me wonder how close someone might be to accomplishing what Mara did. Now, that is a thought worth contemplating.
I wholeheartedly recommend Fracture to all enthusiasts of science fiction and dystopian literature! Be sure to pick up a copy of Fracture today!
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