A mission designed to move humanity forward fractures reality itself.
The procedure is supposed to be routine. Controlled. Proven. Each jump moves the crew to a new branch-clean, stable, indistinguishable from the last.
Until something slips.
At first, the inconsistencies are small.
A delay in movement.
A reflection that doesn't wait.
A voice that arrives too early.
Then they begin to accumulate.
Lena Voss is new to the program, which means she hasn't learned how to ignore it yet. While the rest of the crew continues forward-jump after jump, correction after correction-she starts to notice what they refuse to see.
Some adapt.
Some deny.
Some stop jumping entirely.
Because each transition doesn't just move them. It leaves something behind. It brings something with it. And over time, the differences between versions stop being theoretical.
They become visible.
They become personal.
And eventually, they begin to choose.
Gods of the Dying Branch is a psychological science fiction thriller about identity, perception, and the cost of pushing forward when reality itself stops agreeing.