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Four strangers time travel to the past and find themselves stuck on the day all their lives were changed in this stunning speculative mystery from award-winning film and television producer Dete Meserve, perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Wrong Place Wrong Time and The Paradox Hotel.
What would you do if you could spend an hour in your past? Four strangers in the beach town of Ventura, California are about to find out.
Elizabeth aches for one more precious hour with her son who died in a senseless accident. Andy is desperate to find his first love who vanished after a whirlwind romance. Logan craves the rush of surfing and mountain climbing, yearning to reclaim the freedom he lost after a misstep landed him in a wheelchair. Brooke is looking for an hour of relief from the guilt of an unforgivable mistake.
Enter Aeon Expeditions, the groundbreaking time travel invention of Mark Saunders—which allows some lucky clients the chance to spend an hour in their past. Even though Aeon's technology ensures time travel can't alter the future, all four clients, including Mark's ex-wife Elizabeth, yearn to revisit the hour that changed their lives forever.
But when their "hour" extends beyond sixty minutes, they find themselves stranded in the past. As their paths intertwine unexpectedly, they unearth shocking secrets hidden in the shadows of their shared history: All their lives were shattered the same night on a secluded highway by the beach. As they delve into the hidden truths of that pivotal hour, a startling revelation emerges. They were not alone. Someone else was present, harboring deadly intentions.
The Memory Collectors is a heart-wrenching, genre-bending novel brimming with hope, grief and second chances.
"Those who love time travel stories will enjoy the way Meserve's novel dives deeply into the human factors behind grief, guilt, loss, and starting over." —Library Journal
"Meserve's detail shines through." —Chicago Review of Books
"The Memory Collectors is extraordinary, both readable and wise, fast-paced but also delicately laced with insights about the fallibility of our human ways. I adored this wise, compassionate book." —Barbara O'Neal, USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids
"Dete Meserve's The Memory Collectors is my favorite type of a book—a brilliant premise straight out of The Twilight Zone combined with incredible heart and believable, relatable characters you can't help but love. I couldn't put it down!" —Meg Shaffer, national bestselling author of The Lost Story
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Dete Meserve is a bestselling author of five novels and an award-winning creator and producer of films and television series. She adapted her debut novel, Good Sam, into a screenplay and produced it for Netflix. Her passion for storytelling stems from her work as the owner of Silver Creek Falls Entertainment, a Los Angeles–based production company, where she has produced everything from big-budget dramas and mysteries to star-studded comedies and animated series.
When she's not writing or producing, you can often find her exploring nature or browsing the shelves of her local bookstores and libraries. A Chicago native, Meserve has lived most of her life in Los Angeles, where she and her husband have raised three children—and two very pampered cats.
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