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The Space Between Worlds

Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there's just one catch: no one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Cara's parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying: from diseases, from turf wars, from vendettas they couldn't outrun. On this Earth, Cara has survived--and she's reaping the benefits, thanks to the well-heeled Wiley City scientists who ID'd her as an outlier and plucked her from the dirt. Now she's got a new job collecting off-world data, a path to citizenship, and a near-perfect Wiley City accent. When one of her eight remaining doppelgangers dies under mysterious circumstances, Cara is plunged into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers endangers not just her world, but the entire multiverse.

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ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR--NPR, Library Journal, Book Riot

Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there's just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying--from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn't outrun. Cara's life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total.

On this dystopian Earth, however, Cara has survived. Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for multiverse travel, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now what once made her marginalized has finally become an unexpected source of power. She has a nice apartment on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. She works--and shamelessly flirts--with her enticing yet aloof handler, Dell, as the two women collect off-world data for the Eldridge Institute. She even occasionally leaves the city to visit her family in the wastes, though she struggles to feel at home in either place. So long as she can keep her head down and avoid trouble, Cara is on a sure path to citizenship and security.

But trouble finds Cara when one of her eight remaining doppelgängers dies under mysterious circumstances, plunging her into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and her future in ways she could have never imagined--and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her world but the entire multiverse.


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Micaiah Johnson

Micaiah Johnson is an acclaimed American science fiction and speculative fiction author known for her imaginative storytelling, complex characters, and thought-provoking explorations of identity, inequality, survival, and belonging. Her writing combines futuristic technology with powerful social commentary, examining how class, privilege, race, and personal choices shape the worlds people inhabit. Through richly developed settings, morally complicated protagonists, and unexpected twists, Johnson creates compelling stories that challenge readers to consider the boundaries between opportunity, power, and freedom.

Johnson is best known for her debut novel, *The Space Between Worlds*, a science fiction thriller set in a future where travel between parallel universes is possible, but only if a person's counterpart in the destination universe is already dead. The novel follows Cara, a woman whose survival across multiple realities makes her uniquely valuable to a powerful organization. As she travels between worlds, Cara uncovers dangerous secrets that force her to confront questions about identity, exploitation, and the value of human life. Johnson expanded this universe in *Those Beyond the Wall*, a gripping companion novel that follows Scales, a woman navigating the harsh realities of a divided society while investigating a mysterious threat. Both novels blend speculative technology, political intrigue, social inequality, and suspenseful action with emotionally layered storytelling.

For readers who love inventive science fiction, alternate realities, dystopian societies, and stories featuring resourceful protagonists confronting powerful institutions, Johnson delivers an immersive and intellectually engaging reading experience. Her books are especially suited to readers interested in multiverse fiction, speculative thrillers, futuristic technology, social commentary, dystopian adventures, and character-driven stories about identity and resilience. Through her exploration of parallel worlds and unequal societies, Johnson invites readers to question how circumstances shape opportunity and what it truly means to claim control over one's own destiny.

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