Description

When physicist Jason Dessen is abducted and awakens in a nightmarish alternate reality, he discovers that his life has taken a radically different path—his career, his family, everything he holds dear has been fundamentally altered. Desperate to reclaim his true life and reunite with his wife and son, Jason must navigate a bewildering multiverse of infinite possibilities, each one representing a choice he made or didn't make. Blake Crouch's electrifying thriller explores the profound questions of identity and destiny, asking what we're willing to sacrifice for the people we love and whether the life we're living is truly the one we chose. As Jason races against time through parallel worlds, he confronts the roads not taken and the consequences of his decisions in a gripping journey that blurs the line between science fiction and intimate human drama. A mind-bending page-turner that combines cutting-edge physics with deeply personal stakes.

Available Editions

paperback edition cover

paperback

Crown

Published Jan 1, 2016

352 pages

ISBN: 9781101904220

available
paperback edition cover

paperback

Pan Macmillan

Published Aug 11, 2016

375 pages

ISBN: 9781447297550

available

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Details

First Published

2016

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

Violence
Death/Grief
Psychological Trauma