Robert J Sawyer 
FlashForward 

Suddenly everyone in the world loses consciousness for two minutes. Planes fall from the sky, there are millions of car crashes, millions die. And when everyone comes round they have had a glimpse of their life in the future.When it awakes the world must live with the knowledge of what is to come.Some saw themselves in new relationships, some saw exciting new technologies, some saw the stuff of nightmares. Some, young and old alike, saw nothing at all …A desperate search to find out what has happened begins. Does the mosaic of visions offer a clue?What did you see?Now the basis for the Channel 5 hit series FLASHFORWARD