Infinite Drift

"It's a tank full of warm water. What's the worst that could happen?"

Seventeen-year-old Ollie is out with his best friends on a Saturday night, and they decide to try the "sensory deprivation" tanks at a store called Infinite Drift.

But when he gets out again, the world seems vaguely... different. And it feels like he's being watched.

Could he have somehow crossed over into a different dimension? Or is he going insane? After all, he's still distraught over the death of his little brother eight months earlier - an event no one knows he accidentally caused.

Ollie tries to "reset" things by going back into the tank. This time, he emerges into a world where the Yellowstone "supervolcano" erupted four years earlier, almost wiping out human civilization, and one of his best friends is dead.

But Ollie's little brother is alive again.

Unfortunately, Ollie is being watched - by the robot-like creation of a cosmic monitoring station left in operation by a civilization that died out eons ago. And the being is ruthlessly trying to eliminate a strange "disruption" in the universe: Ollie!

And so he has no choice but to go back into the tank yet again...

Infinite Drift is the latest book from Brent Hartinger, the author of the LGBTQ teen classic Geography Club, but it's unlike anything he's ever written before: a page-turning mind-bender with a bonkers bisexual love triangle.

REVIEWS

"A nonstop thrill ride filled with great twists and turns. Both exciting and thoughtful, the story asks us to consider what makes us who we are, even when the world all around us turns upside down."
- Michael Thomas Ford, author of Suicide Notes and Every Star That Falls

"Hartinger gives a master class on the modern queer coming-of-age sci-fi/mystery story... I laughed, cried, gasped, anticipated, and ultimately smiled."
- Abel's Reviews

"This is a truly original story with an intriguing plot, vivid characters, and artful twists, delivered in sharp prose with great pacing. Brent Hartinger has created yet another winner!"
- Matt McMann, USA Today bestselling author of the Monsterious series

A Book of the Month at GoodReads LGBT YA Books!

PRAISE FOR BRENT HARTINGER

"Hits the narrative sweet spot."- NPR's All Things Considered

"Downright refreshing."- USA Today

"I really think this guy could be the next Judy Blume." - Pop Candy

BRENT HARTINGER is a screenwriter and author of many books for teens and adults, including Project Pay Day, which he adapted as a 2021 feature film co-starring Superman's David Corenswet. Geography Club was also adapted as a feature film.