No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or other – except for brief quotations in reviews, without the prior permission of the author. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental. Published by St. Culain Press. For Josh. “[T]he present quantum theory … reminds me a little of the system of delusions of an exceedingly intelligent paranoiac, concocted of incoherent elements of thought.” — Albert Einstein, from a letter to D. M. Lipkin, July 5, 1952 “It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.” — Michio Kaku “When I hear about Schrödinger’s cat, I reach for my gun.”