From the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human.
From the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human.
'Are you happy in your life?'Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.He wakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits, before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back, my friend.'In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.Is it this world or the other that's the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined - one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe.
'Suspenseful, frightening, and sometimes poignant.' -- Kirkus Reviews
'Excellent characterization and well-crafted tension ... the rousing and heartfelt ending will leave readers cheering.' -- Publishers Weekly
'A mind-blowing sci-fi/suspense/love-story mash-up.' -- Entertainment Weekly
Blake Crouch is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of a dozen novels, most recently, Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade, for which he is also writing the movie for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners. His international-bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy was adapted into a television series for FOX, executive-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, that was Summer 2015’s #1 show. With Chad Hodge, Crouch also created Good Behavior, the TNT show starring Michelle Dockery based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. Crouch's novel, Recursion, is currently being developed as a Netflix series by Shonda Rhimes and Matt Reeves, and Skydance is developing a film adaptation of his novella, Summer Frost, based on Crouch’s script. His novels have been translated into forty languages and his short fiction has appeared in numerous publications including Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, and Cemetery Dance.At the moment, Crouch is writing a new book and creating a nine-episode adaptation of his novel Dark Matter, for Apple TV+. He lives in Colorado. Jon Lindstrom is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated actor, director and screenwriter, well known for his work on ABC’s General Hospital and HBO's True Detective. He's been honoured with numerous acting accolades, including an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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