Roundabout

Detour #2

by Jeff Rake, Rob Hart

Six astronauts race against time to escape a parallel Earth before their true home is destroyed. The mind-bending adventure that began with Detour continues in the second book of this emotional thriller series from the creator of the hit Netflix show Manifest and the bestselling author of The Warehouse.

The space crew that made the historic flight to Saturnʼs moon were hailed as heroes—until they discovered a terrifying The Earth that they returned to was the wrong one. Before they can reveal that theyʼre from a parallel world, the power-hungry billionaire who orchestrated the entire mission brands the group as traitors, forcing them to flee in order to survive.

Two members of their group are immediately captured, leaving the rest of the crew off balance and scrambling for a new plan. They quickly realize that their problems transcend this terrifying nationwide manhunt, however, when unexplained and catastrophic phenomena begin to occur all over the globe.

Now on the run and unsure where to turn or whom to trust, the crew can only rely on one another to find their way home—and to save not just one world, but two.

Genres: Science Fiction

Kindle Edition

Expected publication January 19, 2027

About the author

TV producer, writer, and showrunner of "Manifest" for Warner Bros. Television and NBC; graduated from Columbia University in 1990; born and lives in Los Angeles, California. -- Library of Congress Authorities

Reviews

[Sandrine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very solid sequel ! I loved Detour, which I read last year and I was very excited to get back to this world. Roundabout picks up right were we left. The 6 astronauts are on the run and separated. I really liked seeing the complicity of Ryan and Mark. The stakes were still super high, a lot of plot twists and this big conspiracy. The pacing is fast but with the multiple POVs, the story feels complete. I liked seeing how things were on Earth-B and Earth-A. The events are unraveling, and it becomes a lot harder for Ward to keep the truth unknown. While all of the astronauts know they are in a another universe, there were still a lot of questions that were unresolved and I liked how we got the explanation for it. There’s still a lot more to uncover and I can’t wait to read the next book ! Overall, all that I liked in the first book was still present in this one, high stakes, fast pace, a very interesting sci-fi concept that involves politics, multiple POVs and plot twists! It’s a very good sci-fi novel with a lot of action ! Readers that enjoyed book 1 will not be disappointed by this sequel, that’s for sure.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an arc of this book, opinions are my own.

[Nikolett · Rating 4 out of 5]

So the story continues with the astronauts on the run, trying to figure out what to do when they are labeled as traitors of the nation, their faces are on every news, they don’t have the funds, they can’t get help from friends or family and by the way it would be good to know why they are persecuted. The members of the team deal with this situation differently, some of them have a hard time leaving everything behind without explanation. For Crane as a cop dodging bullets comes more naturally, so he’s leading the group, but he’s also the main focus for the leader of the mercenaries and this fuels the tension between them. The parallel worlds are intriguing, I still like the characters, but my favorite was a new one, Amber.
This book was also interesting, but too short, because yes, we got a couple of answers but some are still waiting to be solved.
Thank you NetGalley and Del Rey, Random House Worlds, Inklore for the arc.

[sarai · Rating 4 out of 5]

while this second installment of the detour series of course answered a bunch of high concept questions that were raised and foreshadowed in the first, the meat and potatoes of it were really just a lot of political and action thriller-type scenes. less mind blowing than i had hoped (although as someone uhhhh Extremely familiar with all sorts of sf tropes and storylines) but still a good page-turner.

i do think the writing style is a bit one-note, which may be expected from tv writers who typically can leave a lot up to actor interpretation. it wasn't that bad at the beginning but towards the end characters were smirking left and right which got to be a bit much.

thanks to netgalley and random house worlds for the e-arc!