Winner of Israeli 2018 Retro-Geffen award for Best Israeli S&F\Fantasy Book from the last 20 years (1998-2018)
Nominated for the Yasnaya Polyana Prize for Best Foreign Book Translated into Russian
Fate is just another mission
Some people stumble into love, genius, or revelation. Guy, Emily, and Eric arrange it on purpose. As elite graduates of Course 75, they are Coincidence Makers, secret agents who guide lives with a spilled latte, a mistimed traffic light, or a single open window. Every move obeys strict rules that protect free will while nudging destiny into the right place at the right time.
Guy crafts perfect meet-cutes for soulmates. Emily sparks bursts of world-changing inspiration. Eric claims he can do it all. Before dawn, a sealed envelope slips beneath their doors, and somewhere, a life is quietly and irrevocably altered.
Then an extraordinary assignment lands on their desks, a contract killer surfaces in the city, and memories they thought were erased return with unsettling clarity. For the first time, the coincidence makers must worry about their own intertwined fates, and about whether the organization they serve is shaping the world or merely playing with it.
Playful, philosophical, and laced with intrigue, The Coincidence Makers invites you to consider how many “accidents” in your life might be masterpieces of design.
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…exhibits delightful flavors of Haruki Murakami and Kurt Vonnegut, and, like the work of those two writers, conceals tragedy and philosophical substance beneath its frothy surface.
Blum immerses readers in an adventurous supernatural world, one that dramatically investigates the tenuous scrim between fantasy and reality, the living and the dead
THE COINCIDENCE MAKERS is a sly, smart tale about Fate, Free Will, and why our lives end up where they do. Reminiscent of Calvino and Philip K. Dick
The best speculative fiction encourages the reader to explore new territory and think new thoughts. The Coincidence Makers does both but is it speculative? Is it even fiction? This brilliant novel by Yoav Blum almost deserves to have a new category named for it. Reader, beware! You stand at the edge of a truth you may never have suspected.
Blum rides the delicate balance between the world of the truly unbelievable and the universe you can see if you squint your eyes just right
Artfully blending elements of thriller, romance, and fantasy in a beautiful prose, Blum’s novel is a flight of imagination that will echo in readers’ minds long after the last pages have been turned
I loved this completely engaging, entirely original, sneakily wise and romantic book. Reading this novel feels as if you are in the presence of an incredibly charming, smart, and sweet friend who is spinning an inventive and heartfelt tale just for you, to enthrall you, keep you guessing, and make you think a bit more deeply about your life.
You’ll never feel the same about coincidences one you read this startlingly fresh novel
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About Yoav Blum
Yoav Blum is an author who delves into the intricate relationship between reality, consciousness, and human identity, blending elements of science fiction, speculative fiction, mystery, and philosophical inquiry.