The Man Who Saw Seconds

Name: The Man Who Saw Seconds
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Alexander Boldizar
ISBN: 9781668159859

Author: Alexander Boldizar

Narrator: Christian Leatherman

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon Maverick

Published: 09/23/2025

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Military, Science Fiction, Absurdist

Synopsis

Winner of the Locus Award and CIBA Mark Twain grand prize, The Man Who Saw Seconds is a gripping speculative fiction thriller, blending absurdist satire and adrenaline-charged suspense, about a New York man who can see five seconds into the future—which changes his life forever; perfect for fans of Rob Hart and Kaliane Bradley’s The Ministry of Time.

Winner, 2025 Locus Award for science fiction novel
Finalist, Foreword Reviews for best thriller of 2024
Winner, CIBA Mark Twain grand prize winner for best satire of 2024
Finalist, Eric Hoffer Award
Locus Magazine Best Science Fiction of 2024
“10 for 2024” Year-End Best Books List

Preble Jefferson can see five seconds into the future.

Otherwise, he lives an ordinary life. But when a confrontations with a cop on a New York City subway goes tragically wrong, those seconds give Preble the chance to dodge a bullet—causing another man to die in his place.

Government agencies become aware of Preble’s gift, a manhunt ensues, and their ambitions shift from law enforcement to military. Preble will do whatever it takes to protect his family, but as events spiral out of control, he must weigh the cost of his gift against the loss of his humanity.

A breathless thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page, The Man Who Saw Seconds explores the nature of time, the brain as a prediction machine, and the tension between the individual and the systems we create. Alexander Boldisar provides an adrenaline-pumping read that will leave you contemplating love, fear, and the abyss.

About Alexander Boldizar

Alexander Boldizar was the first post-independence Slovak citizen to graduate with a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School. Since then, he has been an art gallery director in Bali, an attorney in San Francisco and Prague, a pseudo-geisha in Japan, a hermit in Tennessee, a paleontologist in the Sahara, a porter in the High Arctic, a consultant on Wall Street, an art critic out of Jakarta, and a police-abuse watchdog and Times Square billboard writer in New York City. He now lives in Vancouver, Canada. Boldizar’s writing has won a variety of awards in literary fiction, science fiction, thriller, and humor and satire categories. He has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, is a founding director of a charity that brings circus to youth in at-risk communities and was once challenged to a leg-wrestling contest by the founder of The Onion.

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"Narrator Christian Leatherman takes listeners through the convoluted story of Preble Jefferson, a man who can see five seconds into the future. A filmed encounter with the police on a New York subway sees Preble dodge a bullet, only to have that bullet strike another officer and lead to a massive police shoot-out. Now aware of Preble’s abilities, multiple government agencies make the mistake of going after him and his family, underestimating whom he will let fall to keep his family safe. Leatherman captures the audiobook’s expository style with a conversational delivery that keeps listeners on their toes throughout the story’s twists and turns."