The Second Thread: A life refracted
Paperback
Science FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 406
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What if the life you know is only one of the lives you could have lived?
Christopher Cole has the life many people dream of.
A loving wife. Two children. A life that should feel complete.
Yet something feels out of reach. A quiet certainty that he was meant for more. That somewhere along the way, he became a version of himself he never intended to be.
Then, in a single devastating moment, everything changes.
When Christopher wakes after a car accident, he finds himself somewhere unexpected: a reality where the accident never happened and his life has taken a different path.
But the life he remembers has been erased.
Determined to find his way back, Christopher searches for answers in a reality that feels both familiar and impossible. But the deeper he goes, the more he begins to question everything he thought he knew about his life, his memories, and reality itself.
All the while, the life he is fighting to return to may no longer be waiting for him.
A gripping story of love, loss and impossible choices, The Second Thread asks:
If you were given the chance to live the life you thought you wanted, would you risk losing the one you already had?
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