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The Fifth Hypothesis
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Publisher Price: $24.95
Publisher: Twyyst Books
Published: Sep 16 2025
Pages: 348
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Fifth Hypothesis is a philosophical thriller that crosses borders of geography, time, and belief. When preservationist Phillip Grant uncovers an anomalous ruin beneath the Baja Peninsula-one that defies carbon dating and material science-he is drawn into a search for origins that leads through Savannah, Timbuktu, and the Colorado Delta. Joined by a circle of scientists and architects, Phillip follows a trail of evidence suggesting that civilization may have experienced periodic leaps of activation triggered by unknown forces.
Blending architectural mystery, speculative archaeology, and the metaphysics of consciousness, Thomas D. Wilson draws on the philosophical legacy of George Berkeley, Wittgenstein, and modern AI theory to explore whether reality itself may be a form of thought. With its vivid sense of place-from West Africa's mud mosques to the urban design of Savannah-The Fifth Hypothesis merges intellectual inquiry with narrative suspense, offering a meditation on the human urge to understand what cannot yet be proven.
A novel for readers of Dan Brown, Umberto Eco, and Kazuo Ishiguro, this work bridges science, philosophy, and design in a quest that reaches beyond time itself.
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