
Together they work on further developing Helena's memory chair. He takes her to his isolated oil rig, Fawkes Station off the Californian coast. When her funding at Stanford runs out, she accepts an offer to work with famous scientist and philosopher, Marcus Slade. Meanwhile, young scientist Helena Smith, works tirelessly to invent a memory chair capable of mapping and conveying past experiences for Alzheimer's patients. When his daughter dies again, Barry tries again to solve the FMS mystery. They, as well as all of New York, are suddenly plagued with false memories. Eventually, however, FMS afflicts Julia, Meghan, and Barry.

Left to relive his life after successfully saving his daughter from a hit-and-run accident, Barry attempts to reconcile his competing lives.

At Slade's Hotel Memory, Barry is transported in time back to the night of Meghan's tragic death. His work, however, leads him into the hands of maniacal scientist, Marcus Slade. When Barry fails to save a woman suffering from recently occurring False Memory Syndrome, Barry endeavors to understand and solve the bizarre psychological phenomenon. In Recursion, NYPD detective Barry Sutton struggles to live a normal life even 11 years after the death of his 16-year-old daughter Meghan and his resulting divorce from his wife Julia.

The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Crouch, Blake.
