Based in part on a true story: Mike had spent his entire life wondering if he'd ever fall in love. Then, on a trip home, he met Naomi. It was love at first sight, a once in a lifetime experience that became a passionate long distance relationship... Until she disappeared. But to where? Was Naomi kidnapped or killed? Or did she ghost him to start a new life? As Mike begins his frantic search for the truth, his only clue comes in the form of a cryptic message from a stranger named Geppetto, who beckons him back to his hometown and an abandoned building with an ominous red door that unleashes a perilously surreal version of our world. It is this landscape that Mike must brave in order to find the truth. Combining memoir, science fiction, mystery, and suspense into a coming of age love story that explores the evolving nature of relationships in an increasingly digital world,
This Book Does Not Exist
is an imaginative, page-turning novel written for anyone who has ever loved and lost -- and needed to find the strength to keep going.