The Loss of What Is Past

Sample Critical Acclaim for The Loss of What Is Past:

“Reading this book felt like watching an aurora borealis—beautiful, mysterious, and just a little haunting. Backman’s writing is richly detailed and deeply empathetic. He has a knack for writing smart characters who talk like real people, with warmth, curiosity, and humor. … The Loss of What Is Past is not just a sci-fi novel; it’s a meditation on time, memory, and the fragile hope of second chances.  I’d recommend this book to anyone who loves character-driven science fiction with a beating heart.“

– Literary Titan

“Thoroughly riveting as Backman weaves his story via multi-dimensional characters who are not just Chief Scientists but Stewards of ensuring Humanity’s fragile continuance. … Backman narrates this riveting drama using language of vivid sensory details as if one is watching a 3D movie.“

– Asim @ Amazon

“While Lightning thrilled with high-stakes missions and quantum intrigue, here, Backman turns his lens toward more intimate stakes: what does it mean to return to the past, not to fix the world, but to grieve it properly? The book is, in a sense, quieter—more cerebral, more tragic—and yet no less compelling. … It’s not simply a sequel—it’s a reckoning.“

– Wolf Wackeroth @ Amazon

In the mid-22nd century, the Wagamese Wormhole is gone, time travel is banned, and Earth’s top quantum physicist is trapped in the future, 90 years distant from the love of his life. When he stretches the limits of science and ethics to seek a way to return to her and their young daughter in the past, an accident threatens them and the course of time. Now, the physicist sacrifices everything in a desperate attempt to prevent a tragic future for his loved ones and everyone else on Earth.

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