Onebook.Tworeaders.Aworldofmystery,menace,anddesire.
Ayoungwomanpicksupabookleftbehindbyastranger.Insideitarehismarginnotes,whichrevealareaderentrancedbythestoryandbyitsmysteriousauthor.Sherespondswithnotesofherown,leavingthebookforthestranger,andsobeginsanunlikelyconversationthatplungesthembothintotheunknown.
Thebook:ShipofTheseus,thefinalnovelbyaprolificbutenigmaticwriternamedV.M.Straka,inwhichamanwithnopastisshanghaiedontoastrangeshipwithamonstrouscrewandlaunchedontoadisorientingandperilousjourney.
Thewriter:Straka,theincendiaryandsecretivesubjectofoneoftheworld'sgreatestmysteries,arevolutionaryaboutwhomtheworldknowsnothingapartfromthewordshewroteandtherumorsthatswirlaroundhim.
Thereaders:JenniferandEric,acollegeseniorandadisgracedgradstudent,bothfacingcrucialdecisionsaboutwhotheyare,whotheymightbecome,andhowmuchthey'rewillingtotrustanotherpersonwiththeirpassions,hurts,andfears.
S.,conceivedbyfilmmakerJ.J.Abramsandwrittenbyaward-winningnovelistDougDorst,isthechronicleoftworeadersfindingeachotherinthemarginsofabookandenmeshingthemselvesinadeadlystrugglebetweenforcestheydon'tunderstand,anditisalsoAbramsandDorst'slovelettertothewrittenword.