What aged the best/worst?
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingTHE GONE WORLD
Book Brief
Release year
2018
Genre
Science fiction thriller
Page count
400 pages
Meeting date
Sunday 9 August 2026
Blurb
NCIS agent Shannon Moss investigates the murder of a Navy SEAL's family and the disappearance of his teenage daughter, following clues through possible futures where an extinction event known as the Terminus waits on the horizon.
Selected by: Nathan
Club Preview
A time-hopping murder investigation with cosmic-horror stakes: True Detective energy, possible futures, and the end of humanity.
Nathan's July pick sends the club into 1997 western Pennsylvania, where a brutal family murder opens onto secret space travel, alternate timelines, and a catastrophe racing backwards through Deep Time.
It looks built for a lively meeting: part police procedural, part hard science fiction, and part existential nightmare. The big test will be whether the human mystery survives all the timeline mechanics and apocalyptic weirdness.
Club Categories
One Fix Changes Everything
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingThe Dion Waiters Heat Check Award
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingCasting Couch Corner
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingThe Oprah Bookclub Award
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingStatus
UP NEXT
JULY 2026 SELECTION
MEETING TBC
Member Discussion
Nathan
TBD
Chooser's defense brief pending, with space for a fuller synthesis after the July meeting.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Nathan's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Nathan's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Nathan's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Nathan's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Nathan's answer.
Matt
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Matt's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Matt's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Matt's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Matt's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Matt's answer.
Alec
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Alec's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Alec's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Alec's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Alec's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Alec's answer.
Jacob
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Jacob's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Jacob's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Jacob's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Jacob's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Jacob's answer.
Josh
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Josh's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Josh's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Josh's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Josh's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Josh's answer.
Ed
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Ed's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Ed's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Ed's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Ed's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Ed's answer.
Eric
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Eric's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Eric's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Eric's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Eric's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Eric's answer.
Oliver
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Oliver's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Oliver's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Oliver's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Oliver's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Oliver's answer.