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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
    Upgrade
    Pines
    Wayward
    The Last Town
    Recursion
    Dark Matter
    • Run

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      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.

      Run2024
      3.7
    • Upgrade

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      '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?

      Upgrade2022
      3.8
    • Recursion

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      '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?

      Recursion2019
      4.2
    • Dark Matter

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      A mind-bending, relentlessly paced science-fiction thriller, in which an ordinary man is kidnapped, knocked unconscious--and awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew

      Dark Matter2016
      4.2
    • Abandon

      • 529 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      A history professor, a journalist, a psychic, and a paranormal photographer venture deep into the Colorado wilderness to explore the fate of an entire town that mysteriously vanished in 1893.

      Abandon2015
      3.7
    • The Last Town

      • 280 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Secret Service agent Ethan Burke discovers what is hidden behind the electric fence that encloses the town of Wayward Pines, Idaho, and keeps all the residents under the control of a delusional madman.

      The Last Town2014
      4.1
    • Der Schrecken

      • 300 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      GEFANGEN IN EINEM HAUS An einem kalten Herbstabend im Jahr 1980 kommen der siebenjährige Grant Moreton und seine fünf Jahre alte Schwester Paige bei einem geheimnisvollen Unfall in den Cascade Mountains beinahe ums Leben. MIT EINER SCHRECKLICHEN MACHT Dreißig Jahre später arbeitet Grant als Detective beim Seattle Police Department und hat schon seit einer Ewigkeit nicht mehr mit seiner Schwester gesprochen. Im Rahmen seiner Ermittlungen landet er jedoch direkt vor Paiges Tür. Das, was ihn dort erwartet, übersteigt seine kühnsten Träume. ÜBER JEDEN, DER EINTRITT Seine einzige Hoffnung, zu überleben und seine Schwester zu retten, besteht darin, sich dem Schrecken zu stellen. Aber ist er auch auf die Wahrheit vorbereitet, die ihn im Haus seiner Schwester heimsuchen wird?

      Der Schrecken2014
    • Der Anruf

      • 292 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      »Guten Tag. Auf Ihrem Grundstück ist eine Leiche vergraben, an der Ihr Blut klebt. Der Name der unglücklichen jungen Dame ist Rita Jones. In ihrer Jeanstasche finden Sie eine Notiz mit einer Telefonnummer. Rufen Sie diese Nummer an. Wenn ich bis 20 Uhr nichts von Ihnen gehört habe, erhält die Polizei einen anonymen Anruf. Ich werde ihnen sagen, wo Rita Jones auf Ihrem Grundstück vergraben ist, wie Sie sie ermordet haben und wo die Mordwaffe in Ihrem Haus versteckt ist. (Ich vermute, dass in Ihrer Küche ein Schälmesser fehlt.) Rufen Sie nicht die Polizei, denn ich habe Sie ständig im Auge.« Andrew Z. Thomas ist ein erfolgreicher Krimiautor und lebt im Bergvorland von North Carolina in einem Haus am See. Eines Nachmittags im Frühling erhält er einen seltsamen Brief, der letzten Endes seine Karriere, seine geistige Gesundheit und das Leben aller, die er liebt, gefährdet. Ein Mörder bestimmt jetzt über seine Zukunft, und Andrew weiß nicht, wie er ihm entkommen kann.

      Der Anruf2014
    • Wayward

      • 298 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Ethan Burke, one of the few who knows what lies beyond the borders of Wayward Pines, settles uncomfortably into his role as sheriff.

      Wayward2013
      4.1
    • Zwei Meister des Horrors, Jack Kilborn und Blake Crouch, vereinen ihre gefährlichsten Psychopathen in einem blutigen Spektakel. Wenn Massenmörder aufeinandertreffen und versuchen, sich gegenseitig umzubringen, entsteht ein nervenaufreibendes Erlebnis, das das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lässt.

      Serial. Roman2012
      4.0