The Space Between Worlds

by Micaiah Johnson

"Reasons Cara has died: - The emperor of the wasteland wanted to make an example of her mother and started with her - One of her mother's boyfriends wanted to cover up what he did to her - She was born addicted and her lungs didn't develop - She was left alone, and a stranger came along - The runners came for a neighbour and she was in the way - The runners came for her mother and she was in the way - The runners came for her boyfriend and she was in the way - The runners came for no one, serving nothing but chaos and fear, and she was what they found - Her mother left her alone in a shed while she worked or got high and she fell asleep alone and hungry and forever. Reasons Cara has lived: - She doesn't know but there are 8. The multiverse business is booming, but there's just one catch: no one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara. Of the 382 realities that have been unlocked, Cara is dead in all but eight But on this earth, she survived. Born in the wastelands where if a basic lack of resources didn't kill you, violence would, Cara is happy to reap the benefits of a job and a safe place in the city to call home. But when one of her eight remaining doppelgangers dies under mysterious circumstances, Cara is plunged into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and future in ways she never could have imagined - and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her world, but the entire multiverse."--Publisher's description