Dark Matter
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy.
"Are you happy with your life?"
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.
Before he...
"Are you happy with your life?"
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.
Before he...
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A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy."Are you happy with your life?"
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.
Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.
Before a man Jason'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.
Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human-a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of.
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I love Thursday nights.They have a feel to them that s outside of time.
It s our tradition, just the three of us family night.
My son, Charlie, is sitting at the table, drawing on a sketch pad. He s almost fifteen. The kid grew two inches over the summer, and he s as tall as I am now.
I turn away from the onion I m julienning, ask, Can I see?
He holds up the pad, shows me a mountain range that looks like something on another planet.
I say, Love that. Just for fun?
Class project. Due tomorrow.
Then get back to it, Mr. Last Minute.
Standing happy and slightly drunk in my kitchen, I m unaware that tonight is the end of all of this. The end of everything I know, everything I love.
No one tells you it s all about to change, to be taken away. There s no proximity alert, no indication that you re standing on the precipice. And maybe that s what makes tragedy so tragic. Not just what happens, but how it happens: a sucker punch that comes at you out of nowhere, when you re least expecting. No time to flinch or brace.
The track lights shine on the surface of my wine, and the onion is beginning to sting my eyes. Thelonius Monk spins on the old turntable in the den. There's a richness to the analog recording I can never get enough of, especially the crackle of static between tracks. The den is filled with stacks and stacks of rare vinyl that I keep telling myself I'll get around to organizing one of these days.
My wife, Daniela, sits on the kitchen island, swirling her almost empty wineglass in one hand and holding her phone in the other. She feels my stare and grins without looking up from the screen.
I know, she says. I m violating the cardinal rule of family night.
What s so important? I ask.
She levels her dark, Spanish eyes on mine. Nothing.
I walk over to her, take the phone gently out of her hand, and set it on the countertop.
You could start the pasta, I say.
I prefer to watch you cook.
Yeah?
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Quieter: Turns you on, huh?
No, it's just more fun to drink and do nothing.
Her breath is wine-sweet, and she has one of those smiles that seem architecturally impossible. It still slays me.
I polish off my glass. We should open more wine, right?
It would be stupid not to.
As I liberate the cork from a new bottle, she picks her phone back up and shows me the screen.
I was reading Chicago Magazine's re view of Marsha Altman's show.
Were they kind?
Yeah, it's basically a love letter.
Good for her.
I always thought . . . She lets the sentence die, but I know where it was headed. Fifteen years ago, before we met, Daniela was a comer to Chicago's art scene. She had a studio in Bucktown, showed her work in a half dozen galleries, and had just lined up her first solo exhibition in New York. Then came life. Me. Charlie. A bout of crippling post partum depression.
Derailment.
Now she teaches private art lessons to middle-grade students.
It s not that I m not happy for her. I mean, she's brilliant, she deserves it all.
I say, If it makes you feel any better, Ryan Holder just won the Pavia Prize.
What s that?
A multidisciplinary award given for achievements in the life and physical sciences. Ryan won for his work in neuroscience.
Is it a big deal?
Million dollars. Accolades. Opens the floodgates
No, it's just more fun to drink and do nothing.
Her breath is wine-sweet, and she has one of those smiles that seem architecturally impossible. It still slays me.
I polish off my glass. We should open more wine, right?
It would be stupid not to.
As I liberate the cork from a new bottle, she picks her phone back up and shows me the screen.
I was reading Chicago Magazine's re view of Marsha Altman's show.
Were they kind?
Yeah, it's basically a love letter.
Good for her.
I always thought . . . She lets the sentence die, but I know where it was headed. Fifteen years ago, before we met, Daniela was a comer to Chicago's art scene. She had a studio in Bucktown, showed her work in a half dozen galleries, and had just lined up her first solo exhibition in New York. Then came life. Me. Charlie. A bout of crippling post partum depression.
Derailment.
Now she teaches private art lessons to middle-grade students.
It s not that I m not happy for her. I mean, she's brilliant, she deserves it all.
I say, If it makes you feel any better, Ryan Holder just won the Pavia Prize.
What s that?
A multidisciplinary award given for achievements in the life and physical sciences. Ryan won for his work in neuroscience.
Is it a big deal?
Million dollars. Accolades. Opens the floodgates
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Autoren-Porträt von Blake Crouch
Blake Crouch is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His novels include Upgrade, Recursion, Dark Matter, and the Wayward Pines trilogy, which was adapted into a television series for FOX. Crouch also co-created the TNT show Good Behavior, based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. He lives in Colorado.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Blake Crouch
- 2016, 352 Seiten, Masse: 16,7 x 24,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Ballantine Books
- ISBN-10: 1101904224
- ISBN-13: 9781101904220
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.07.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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The most helter-skelter, race-to-the-finish-line thriller you ll read all year, with a clever, mind-boggling final twist. The GuardianRelatable and unnerving . . . makes its characters and readers wonder what life would have been like had they made different decisions. USA Today
A portal into other dimensions of reality . . . you ll gulp it down in one afternoon, or more likely one night. The New York Times Book Review
A mind-blowing sci-fi/suspense/love-story mash-up. Entertainment Weekly
A fast, tasty read with a killer twist. It s a whole bag of barbecue chips . . . just sitting there waiting for you to devour in one long rush. NPR
A dazzling book . . . [with] a mind-bending premise, a head-spinning plot that s dialogue-driven and adrenaline-fueled, and a gut-wrenching climax that gave me goose bumps. Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Draws on questions and anxieties we all wrestle with in the dark hours . . . Crouch has invested [sci-fi motifs] with scientific plausibility, and more unusually, with emotional depth." The Wall Street Journal
[A] mind-blowing speculative-science thriller that throws in an old-fashioned love story for good measure. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A pacy, action-driven SF thriller . . . terse prose, strong characterisation and clever twists make for a quick, smart, engrossing read. Financial Times
A high-tension thriller . . . always engaging and frequently moving. A strong piece of summertime get-away reading, perfect for those times when the mind wanders to contemplate an alternate reality of endless vacation. San Francisco Chronicle
A mind-bending odyssey of parallel worlds and causality [that] unfolds with all the suspense and strength of a more straightforward thriller, building up to a deliciously surreal climax memorable and well-rounded characters add a big, beating heart to the
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tale. New York Journal of Books
Brilliant. A book to remember. I think Blake Crouch just invented something new. Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
Exceptional. An exciting, ingeniously plotted adventure about love, regret, and quantum superposition. It s been a long time since a novel sucked me in and kept me turning pages the way this one did. Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of The Martian
A masterful, truly original work of suspense. Crouch delivers laser-focused prose, a plot that melds science fiction and thriller to brilliant effect, and a touching, twisted love story that plays out in ways you'll never see coming. It all adds up to one hell of a ride. Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger
Wow. I gulped down Dark Matter in one sitting and put it down awed and amazed by the ride. It's fast, smart, addictive and the most creative, head-spinning novel I've read in ages. A truly remarkable thriller. Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series
A mind-bending thriller of the first order, not merely a rollicking entertainment but a provocative investigation into the nature of second chances, all of it wrapped in a genius sci-fi package. I dare you to put it down, because I sure couldn t. Justin Cronin, New York Times bestselling author of the Passage Trilogy.
Brilliant. A book to remember. I think Blake Crouch just invented something new. Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
Exceptional. An exciting, ingeniously plotted adventure about love, regret, and quantum superposition. It s been a long time since a novel sucked me in and kept me turning pages the way this one did. Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of The Martian
A masterful, truly original work of suspense. Crouch delivers laser-focused prose, a plot that melds science fiction and thriller to brilliant effect, and a touching, twisted love story that plays out in ways you'll never see coming. It all adds up to one hell of a ride. Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger
Wow. I gulped down Dark Matter in one sitting and put it down awed and amazed by the ride. It's fast, smart, addictive and the most creative, head-spinning novel I've read in ages. A truly remarkable thriller. Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series
A mind-bending thriller of the first order, not merely a rollicking entertainment but a provocative investigation into the nature of second chances, all of it wrapped in a genius sci-fi package. I dare you to put it down, because I sure couldn t. Justin Cronin, New York Times bestselling author of the Passage Trilogy.
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