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Synopsis: One moment can change everything forever.
For Jim Parish, that moment came on an ordinary morning like every other morning in a thoroughly ordinary existence, as he was walking to a bus stop on his way to a perfectly ordinary job. A splash from a passing car driving through a puddle soaked his trousers, stopping him in his tracks. He heard a scream from above and looked up.
A jumble of white and blue with flying black hair toppled out of a third floor window, followed by a horrified wail from the woman who lunged out and just missed brushing her fingers against the falling bundle, desperately clutching empty air and leaning out so far that she nearly fell herself. Jim watched with his mouth open; before he could assess the situation he instinctively put his arms out and, to his amazement, caught the child and pulled her safely to his chest.
That one moment in itself would have been enough to shake the foundation of any world, but this was no ordinary girl who had fallen into his life. A chaotic storm swirled around this tiny nucleus, pulling Jim into a highly improbable stream of seemingly random events. He would discover love and fear, hope and terrible loss, and learn the immutable lessons of probability mathematics. The chances of the socially awkward Jim Parish becoming involved with a beautiful PhD, an unusual pair of FBI agents, a mysterious government think-tank, and a vicious serial killer might have seemed impossible; but as Jim learned, any event, however improbable, becomes a near certainty once it has actually occurred.
Review: This a fast paced thriller, that I finished in 2 sittings, only because I had to! It's use of theoretical mathematics (science) to provide for the concepts of fate and free will (philosophy), would warm any Jesuit's heart! The author does a great job in weaving the 2 stories of Jim Parish and that of a madman who goes on an dizzying cross country after an office shooting spree, and showing how random events can lead us to a crossroads we didn't know existed and are unavoidable. The book does have extreme violence and language, but they fit within context (just be prepared), Kudos to the author for giving us a strong female lead in Vickie Blake, one of the FBI agents, as well! This book will leave you thinking after the ending, and contemplating, if predicting the future based on past events and how they affect each other, is possible, or should even be attempted...
This is a great vacation read and I highly recommend it!
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