Lost in a barren alternative world, July Davish has two options: Confront his hellish past or be trapped there forever. Fate has dealt July a lifetime of nothings; no happy childhood, no lasting relationships, and now, no job. His mantra of perseverance has gotten him through it all, but faced with losing his home, he finally sets foot on the same road of self-destruction the rest of his family followed. An accident changes everything. When two colliding cars send him diving from a San Diego sidewalk toward safety, he lands somewhere far from safe—in a bizarrely deserted version of San Francisco. Though he wakes in his own reality he continues to pass out, dragged back to that strange world each time. July is willing to do anything to end his world-hopping, right up until he learns the price: reliving a past he's tried his whole life to forget. He's not sure his sanity can take it. Not even to get back to his own world, a woman he's falling in love with, and a life he finally cares about. *WINNER OF THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY*