About the Author

Femi Fadugba is an EdTech CEO, sci-fi writer and Dummett Fellow at New College, Oxford. He has given talks to over 10,000 students on topics ranging from time travel physics to the process of writing his debut novel, The Upper World (coming to Netflix soon!). In prior lives, Femi worked as a science tutor, management consultant and solar salesman, having studied at UPenn and Oxford, where he published in the field of Quantum Computing.

Reviews

'A startlingly original thriller . . . one of the most compelling debuts of the year'
*The Observer*

'[An] ambitious and highly addictive sci-fi thriller . . . incredibly tense and compelling'
*The Bookseller*

'An astoundingly impressive debut. Thought-provoking, thrilling, funny, and brilliant in every sense of the word'
*Katherine Webber, co-author of Twin Crowns*

'A superbly original debut'
*Guardian*

'Impossible to put down'
*The Independent*

'A time-twisting, mind-bending thrill ride . . . I loved it!
*Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder*

'A thrilling, electric book - so sharp and quick, so witty and wise it leaves you gasping.'
*Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures*

'I couldn't put this book down. So happy this exists.'
*Daniel Kaluuya, Academy Award-winning actor*

'This is a book I will return to time and time again'
*Caleb Femi, author of Poor*

'A rollercoaster of a story . . . Orangeboy with an Inception-style twist.'
*Kat Ellis, author of Harrow Lake*