Improbable
Improbable
Author: Adam Fawer
Desc: From a brilliant new talent comes a riveting novel of chance fate and numbers and one man's strange journey past the boundaries of the possible.David Caine inhabits a world of obsession rich rewards and rapid destructive downfalls. A compulsive gambler and brilliant mathematician prone to crippling epileptic seizures he possesses the uncanny ability to calculate odds of any hand in the blink of an eye. But one night at an underground poker club Caine makes a costly misscalculation sending his life spinning out of control. Desperate he agrees to test an experimental drug with unnerving side effects: inexplicable visions of the past present and future. Unsure whether he's perceiving an alternate reality or suffering a psychotic breakdown Caine embarks on a journey that stretches beyond the possible into the world of the improbable. Gradually he discovers the extent of his astonishing new ability -- but powerful shadowy forces know Caine's secret. Now Caine must fight for his survival -- and his sanity . . .