Dark Matter
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
'Brilliant' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series.
Now a major Apple TV+ series starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly.
Jason Dessen has been abducted. His life has been stolen. To get it back, he will go on a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could have possibly imagined. Dark Matter is a relentlessly surprising alternate-universe sci-fi thriller from Blake Crouch.
'Are you happy in your life?'
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.
Before he awakes 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.'
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.
In this other life, Jason has created a box. Transport into infinite alternate universes – every possible outcome of his life, one behind each door. In this other life, Jason chose a door. And he stole the life he wanted.
If Jason Dessen wants his life back, he will have to find it among infinite possibilities. And he will have to battle a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe: himself.
From the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter is sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Ready Player One.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Professor Jason Dessen’s normal life changes forever when he’s abducted by a stranger in this sci-fi-tinged thriller. He wakes up to a strange world: The people he knows are there, but their relationships are different; he’s still a physicist, but he’s had a completely different career. Master of the psychological thriller Blake Crouch (the Wayward Pines Trilogy) crafts a nail-biting tale laced with quantum-mechanical quandaries and tantalising twists. But even as Jason’s crisis had us wondering which world was real and which was a dream, the story smartly circled around the broader theme of finding your place in an uncertain world. Expert narrator Jon Lindstrom adds tremendous dimension to this tale, using his versatile voice to heighten the story’s ever-increasing tension. You don’t need to know anything about physics to get wrapped up in this reality-bending thriller.
Customer Reviews
Interesting tilt on life
Imaginative inventive and a good listen. Made me wonder if there is something bigger going on in life !!
A brilliant opening with an awful ending
The story ends all too quickly and unreasonably.
Amazing book
Really enjoyed this book I didn’t really want it to end.