Description

How much of your life would you trade for a chance to change what just happened? In The Button, a mysterious man unexpectedly hands you a watch-like device with an extraordinary power: one tap can alter the outcome of a situation you’ve just experienced. There’s a catch, though—you can use it only once per incident, and you have no way of knowing whether the new result will be better or worse. Every press also takes four months off your overall lifespan. What looks like an opportunity to undo an unwelcome outcome becomes a gamble with a permanent cost. You may be able to change the moment, but neither a happier result nor a second attempt is guaranteed. You face these choices as a seemingly ordinary 40-year-old divorced man whose life is already complicated enough. With three wildly different daughters, an exasperating ex-wife, insufferable colleagues, and some shady acquaintances in the mix, there’s plenty to make the device tempting. The Button leaves you with one deceptively simple question: how many times will you tap it?