Micaiah Johnson - The Space Between Worlds

Micaiah Johnson's debut sci-fi novel follows Cara, a "traverser" who travels between parallel universes for a powerful corporation. A crucial rule of this multiverse travel is that you cannot visit a world where your alternate self is still alive. Cara is perfectly suited for the job because most of her parallel selves have already died, a result of growing up in a violent, dystopian wasteland called Ashtown. Living in the glittering Wiley City, Cara finds herself trapped between her impoverished origins and her new, privileged life, forever marked as an outsider. When the mysterious death of one of her rare living counterparts sends her on a new mission, Cara uncovers a secret that threatens her tenuous place in society and the stability of the entire multiverse. The book is a sharp, thoughtful story about identity, class, and privilege, with plenty of twists and turns to keep readers on edge.