Abyss Abyss

Abyss

A surreal and terrifying corporate horror about the nightmare of the nine-to-five

    • Pre-Order
    • Expected 14 May 2026
    • £8.99

Publisher Description

This job will eat you alive.

From the bestselling author of Ascension, Nicholas Binge, Abyss is a creeping, Lovecraftian horror about work, technology and existential dread.

Joe Rice is lost – lonely, disconnected and terminally online. His new job as an administrative assistant at the Ponos corporation seems like just another unfulfilling stop-gap. But from his first day, something is deeply wrong. The vast Canary Wharf office is empty, his line manager is a bundle of paranoid energy, and his work is monitored by WellBot, an AI wellness chatbot that demands total honesty while tracking his every move.

As Joe’s tasks descend into a surreal nightmare, he’ll eventually learn that handing in his notice could have deadly consequences . . .

* * *

Praise for Nicholas Binge

‘Old-school creepy . . . five-star horror’ – Stephen King on Ascension

Extremity is a fantastic, twisty, exhilarating novella . . . easily in the running for best novella of the year’ – The Fantasy Hive

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
AVAILABLE
2026
14 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
160
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pan Macmillan
Ascension Ascension
2023
Dissolution Dissolution
2025
Extremity Extremity
2025
Ascension Ascension
2025
Felemelkedés Felemelkedés
2023
Ascension Ascension
2024