Robert Charles Wilson · 2006 · Novel
Setting: near future (temporal membrane)
Series: Spin / Hypotheticals — #1
One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives.
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