The Gone-Away World (Nick Harkaway)

This post-apocalyptic tale is different from the ones I've been reading lately - it is much zanier, farther out, and still more human and believable than the others, not because the science is more convincing but because the people are. A fancy new weapon that makes your enemy Go Away is supposed to be clean, without fallout or collateral damage, but of course it doesn't work out that way - the whole fabric of reality is ruptured, creating monsters and turning dreams into reality, and swallowing up the real without a trace. In the midst of horror and death and destruction, it is the story of love and loyalty and finding truth. It is also about pirates, and ninjas, and mimes, and epic battles between good and evil. It also has a moment, about 2/3 of the way through, when absolutely everything goes sort of sideways, or maybe twists itself inside like a Mobius strip, and you spend a hundred or so pages wondering WTF very loudly before, amazingly, it all begins to make sense again. How could I not love this book!