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Blake Crouch

    October 15, 1978

    Blake Crouch is a master of speculative fiction, skillfully weaving complex scientific concepts with deeply human stories. His works often explore the boundaries of reality and identity, prompting readers to question the nature of existence and the choices we make within it. Crouch excels at crafting relentlessly propulsive narratives that keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very last page. His style is marked by a brisk pace and intense action that leaves a lasting impact.

    Blake Crouch
    The Last Town: Wayward Pines: 3
    Recursion
    Dark matter
    The Last Town
    Desert Places. A Novel of Terror
    Wayward: Wayward Pines: 2
    • 2024

      Run

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.7(652)Add rating

      Set against a backdrop of a rapidly disintegrating society, a family must flee for their lives as a nationwide epidemic of rage leads to senseless murders. With the President's pleas for peace falling on deaf ears, chaos escalates, culminating in a power outage and a chilling announcement of names on the Emergency Broadcast System. Jack Colclough, now aware that his family is targeted, must act quickly to escape the impending danger. This intense narrative explores themes of survival and the fragility of civilization in the face of madness.

      Run
    • 2024

      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! • NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TV+ A “mind-blowing” (Entertainment Weekly) speculative thriller about an ordinary man who awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew—from the author of Upgrade, Recursion, and the Wayward Pines trilogy “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man he’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 professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. Is it this life or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how will Jason make it back to the family he loves? From the bestselling author Blake Crouch, Dark Matter is a mind-bending thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.

      Dark Matter. Movie Tie-In
    • 2022

      Wayward: Wayward Pines: 2

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.2(861)Add rating

      The second book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade It’s the perfect town . . . as long as you don’t try to leave. Nestled amid picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town of Wayward Pines is a modern-day Eden—at least at first glance. Except that within its fences, the residents are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. None of them know how they got here. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise. As sheriff, Ethan Burke is tasked with enforcing the town’s laws, and he’s one of the few entrusted with the truth—even though, for all his knowledge, he’s as much a prisoner of Wayward Pines as anyone else. But when a murder investigation draws him deeper into the town’s inner workings, Ethan learns that its past is darker than even he suspected—and finds himself faced with an impossible choice. The second novel in Blake Crouch’s blockbuster trilogy, Wayward delves deeper into the irresistible mysteries and horrors of this perfect little town, even as it asks what it means to live with secrets—and what price we’ll pay for the truth.

      Wayward: Wayward Pines: 2
    • 2022

      The final book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade What’s inside was a nightmare. What’s outside is a thousand times worse. Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed. But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world beyond. And now that secret is about to come storming through the fence to wipe out this last, fragile remnant of humanity. The Last Town at last pitches Ethan Burke and his fellow residents into all-out war against the forces outside the town’s gates—and in doing so delivers every bit the riotously horrific, breathlessly action-packed conclusion that the Wayward Pines trilogy deserves.

      The Last Town: Wayward Pines: 3
    • 2022

      'Imaginative, perfectly paced, and extremely clever' - Andy Weir, author of The Martian Upgrade is the mind-bending thriller from Blake Crouch, author of the bestselling Dark Matter and Recursion. YOU ARE THE NEXT STEP IN HUMAN EVOLUTION Logan Ramsay is beginning to see the world around him, even those he loves the most, in whole new ways. His concentration is better, he can multitask quick, read faster, memorize more and sleep deeper. It is not natural. His genes have been hacked. He has been targeted for an upgrade. And he knows it. Logan has been trying to escape his family legacy for decades - and it has left him vulnerable to attack. With a terrifying plan in place to replicate his upgrade throughout the world's population, Logan may be the only person capable of protecting the bodies of earth from hijackers. But to win this war, Logan will have to become something other than himself . . . Intricately plotted and epic in scope, Upgrade asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity - and our boundless potential. Are you ready for the impossible?

      Upgrade
    • 2019

      Recursion

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.2(207553)Add rating

      'My son has been erased, ' the last words a woman tells Barry Sutton, before she leaps from the Manhattan rooftop. What if you could rewrite your life? Memory makes reality. That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It's why she's dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent. As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face to face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease, a force that attacks not just our minds, but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it. But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?

      Recursion
    • 2016

      '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 -- back cover

      Dark matter
    • 2015

      Explorers discover the dark secrets behind a town that disappeared without a trace in this standalone thriller, Abandon, from Blake Crouch the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion

      Abandon
    • 2014

      The third and final book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion and Upgrade.

      The Last Town
    • 2013

      The second book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion and Upgrade.

      Wayward