'Crouch keeps the pace swift and the twists exciting. 'Excellent characterization and well-crafted tension do much to redeem the outlandish plot of this SF thrillerthe rousing and heartfelt ending will leave readers cheering.' - Publishers Weekly 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.ĭark 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.

And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.īefore he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.īefore a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back, my friend.' A brilliantly plotted, relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy.

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch