Dark Matter: The compulsive alternate-universe thriller, now on Apple TV+

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'Brilliant' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series.'Masterful' – Harlan Coben, author of I Will Find You.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.Now a major Apple TV+ series starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly.'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.'Exceptional' – Andy Weir, author of The Martian.From the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter is sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Ready Player One.Fans love Dark Matter:'Crouch surprised me again and again''The narrator is excellent and brings life to the characters''OMG. I loved. Inception + Severance + Interstellar = this book''Very original and hugely enjoyable''MIND-BLOWING''I couldn't stop listening!'

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Blake Crouch (Author), Jon Lindstrom (Narrator), Macmillan Digital Audio (Publisher) & 0 more

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B01HH0IKV6

Customer Reviews Summary

Dark Matter is a clever novel without being pretentious. It deals with a mind-boggling theme (quantum mechanics and the concept of parallel worlds) without making it inaccessible. Some reviewers have complained that it's not 'clever' enough. Maybe so, if you want to be left addled and unfulfilled by a read (but then again, we're not all quantum physicists). I have an understanding of wave theory - however, I didn't pick up this novel to explore this area in meticulous depth but, rather, to be entertained - and this novel is nothing if not entertaining.At its heart is a love story - that of Jason and his wife, Daniela. The plot has been summarised by other reviewers, so I won't repeat. But the crux of the novel is Jason's desire to return to the life he's been pulled out of. Some of the negative reviews take the view of 'so what' - Jason's been given the opportunity to make a life in any number of parallel worlds - does it really matter if he doesn't get back to his wife and son? Can't he make a life with someone else, somewhere else. Well, no. I should imagine that it would feel like a bereavement if anyone found themselves pulled out of their life and deposited in another dimension where their wife and child either didn't exist, or existed as strangers. So, for me, Jason's quest made perfect sense.I found the plot pacey and compelling. Blake Crouch doesn't take the easy route (for a while, I thought the book was going to consist of Jason taking ampule after ampule of the mind-altering compound (which allowed him to 'see' the infinite portals to parallel worlds) and visiting one place after another. However, the novel quickly gets Jason down to his last remaining ampule and then takes another interesting turn.Is Dark Matter the most intelligent novel ever written about the multiverse? Probably not. But is it exciting and though provoking for those of us without a physics degree? For sure. In fact, it would make an amazing movie.To conclude, I enjoyed this book so much, that I've immediately gone on to start Abandon, by the same author, which is, I should imagine, the highest compliment a reader can pay a writer.