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His breakthrough novel \u003cem\u003eDark Matter\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) — in which a physicist is kidnapped and wakes up in a life that isn’t his own — became a global bestseller and is being adapted for television. \u003cem\u003eRecursion\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) explored the terrifying implications of a technology that can alter human memory. \u003cem\u003eUpgrade\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) asked what would happen if a man’s DNA were rewritten to make him superhuman. He also wrote the \u003cem\u003eWayward Pines\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy, adapted into a television series. Essential reading for fans of sci-fi thrillers, speculative fiction, and stories that make you question everything you think you know about reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dark-matter","title":"Dark Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrilliant. . . I think Blake Crouch just invented something new' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series. From Blake Crouch, the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter is sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human – a relentlessly surprising thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of, perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Ready Player One. '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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dusky's Shrine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46035776340025,"sku":"9781035040438","price":539.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3367\/0457\/files\/81GFN17urpL._SL1500.jpg?v=1782813824"},{"product_id":"dark-matter-the-compulsive-alternateuniverse-thriller-now-on-apple-tv","title":"Dark Matter: the Compulsive Alternate-universe Thriller, Now on Apple Tv+","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrilliant' – 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. 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An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.But the force that’s sweeping the world is no pathogen. 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She works in tunnel expansion, trying to escape the memories of those she lost. Her bleak existence is upended when Tristian Hayes, a stunningly handsome, frustratingly determined commander of the Force, recruits her to join him and his elite team of fighters as they embark on a secret mission to the surface. Sasha is thrust into a brutal training with stakes far beyond mere survival. The fate of remaining humankind depends on their success—or failure. As she confronts her own demons, Sasha finds both allies and foes in the training program, as well as a sizzling attraction between her and Tristian that threatens the walls she's built around her heart. But under the surface, secrets and deception run as rampant as illnesses. 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