New Releases by Blake Crouch

Famous is the darkly funny, skin-crawlingly suspenseful standalone thriller from Blake Crouch, the bestselling author of Dark Matter, for fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz * * * Meet Lance. 38-years-old. Works a meaningless job. Still lives above his parents’ garage. By all accounts, a world-class loser. Except for one glaring exception . . . he has a million-dollar face. Lance has been mistaken twenty-eight times for the Oscar-winning movie star, James Jansen, and for the last 10 years, he’s saved his money, studied Jansen’s films, his moves, his idiosyncrasies, even the way he speaks. Now, after an unceremonious termination from his job, Lance has decided that the time has come to go after his dream. From New York’s ridiculous avant-garde, off-off Broadway scene, to the surreal glitter of Los Angeles, follow Lance on his madcap journey of self-abandonment to become his likeness. Part comedy, part human tragedy, and part suspense, the world through the eyes of Lancelot Blue Dunkquist is like none you’ve ever seen . . . * * * Praise for Blake Crouch: 'Blake Crouch has invented his own brand of page-turner – fearlessly genre-bending, consistently surprising, and determined to explode the boundaries of what a thriller can be' - Karin Slaughter, author of Pretty Girls 'Blake Crouch has a mind like Crichton and a heart like King' - David Koepp, author of Cold Storage 'Crouch isn’t just a world-class thriller writer, he’s a Philip K. Dick for the modern age' - Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X

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.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like Upgrade.”—The New York Times Book Review “You don’t so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.”—DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series “Mysterious, fascinating, and deeply moving—exploring the very nature of what it means to be human.”—ALEX MICHAELIDES, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Maiden ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, She Reads The mind-blowing new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion—currently in development as a motion picture at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners “You are the next step in human evolution.” At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep. But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways. The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy. Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large—at a terrifying cost. Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution? Intimate in scale yet epic in scope, Upgrade is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity—and our boundless potential.

A century-old mystery—and a desperate battle to survive—unfold in this standalone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion. On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found. Now, journalist Abigail Foster and her historian father have set out to explore the long-abandoned town and learn what happened. With them are two backcountry guides—along with a psychic and a paranormal photographer who are there to investigate rumors that the town is haunted. But Abigail and her companions are about to learn that the town’s ghosts are the least of their worries. Twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down, they realize they are not alone. The ordeal that follows will test this small team past the breaking point as they battle the elements and human foes alike—and discover that the town’s secrets still have the power to kill. Part journey into old-West history, part nail-biting survival thriller, Abandon is a bloody, darkly surprising tale as only Blake Crouch could deliver.

„Te vagy az emberi evolúció következő lépése.” Logan Ramsay eleinte nem is biztos abban, hogy bármi megváltozott. Csak egy kicsit… okosabbnak érzi magát. Jobban tud koncentrálni. Több dolgot képes egyszerre elvégezni. Gyorsabban olvas, hamarabb megjegyez mindent, kevesebb alvással is beéri. De végül már ő sem tagadhatja: valami történt az agyával. A testével. Teljesen másképpen kezdi látni a világot és a körülötte lévőket – még azokat is, akiket a legjobban szeret. Az az igazság, hogy Logan genomját módosították. És nem véletlenül őt választották ki erre a célra. Az indítéknak múltja legsötétebb időszakához és egy rettenetes családi örökséghez van köze. És még rosszabbá teszi a helyzetet, hogy ami vele történik, az csak az első lépése egy jóval nagyra törőbb tervnek; egy olyannak, amely az egész emberiséget akarja ugyanilyen módon megváltoztatni – de borzalmas áron. Az új képességei miatt Logan az egyetlen ember a világon, aki képes megállítani a már mozgásba lendült fogaskerekeket. De ahhoz, hogy ezt a háborút megnyerhesse, ismét át kell változnia. Talán már nem is emberré. És harc közben óhatatlanul is felmerül benne a kérdés: mi van, ha az emberiség jövője tényleg azon múlik, hogy képes-e befolyásolni a saját evolúcióját? A Géncsapda a maga bensőséges nézőpontjával, mégis egyetemes tanulságaival egy ember izgalmas átváltozásának remekül felépített, fordulatos története, ami ugyanakkor arra késztet minket, hogy elgondolkozzunk emberi mivoltunk korlátain – és a bennünk rejlő határtalan lehetőségeken.

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.

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.

Em coletânea inédita de contos de ficção científica, grandes nomes da literatura mostram até onde somos capazes de ir para mudar o mundo Para alguns, a tecnologia é o prenúncio do fim do mundo. Para outros, é apenas o começo de uma nova era. Renomado escritor de ficção científica, autor dos best-sellers Matéria escura e Recursão, Blake Crouch convidou grandes nomes da literatura contemporânea para traçar histórias audaciosas que mergulham nos desdobramentos que os avanços tecnológicos acarretam à humanidade. Em “Summer Frost”, Crouch traz uma trama marcante que desafia nossa noção de humanidade enquanto assistimos à obsessão de uma programadora de videogames por uma de suas personagens. “Pele de emergência”, de N. K. Jemisin, explora a missão de um soldado em visita a uma Terra abandonada. Uma viagem potencialmente sem volta, mas pelos motivos mais inesperados. Em “Arca”, Veronica Roth mostra o poder das lembranças, que, quando coletadas e reunidas, são capazes de revelar o passado e também ajudam a construir o futuro. Amor Towles surpreende em “Você chegou ao seu destino” ao mergulhar na manipulação genética quando um casal se vê diante da possibilidade de decidir a trajetória de seu futuro bebê. “A última conversa”, de Paul Tremblay, é uma narrativa repleta de suspense que nos faz questionar os limites da consciência e de nossa identidade. Já “Randomizando”, de Andy Weir, fecha a obra com uma história eletrizante envolvendo cassinos, hackers e computação quântica. De potência criativa memorável, os contos desta coletânea se pautam em temas diversos, como inteligência artificial, colonização de outros planetas, engenharia genética e programação, para nos fazer encarar o que há de mais brutal e profundamente humano em nós e em nossa sociedade. Imersos em tamanhos medos, paixões, sonhos e ambições, vem à tona a complexidade de se estabelecer limites e de realizar escolhas diante da busca pelo futuro que desejamos.

UN VERTIGINOSO THRILLER SOBRE EL TIEMPO, LA IDENTIDAD Y LA MEMORIA. Parecía ser una enfermedad. Una epidemia que se esparce sin que sepamos cómo y que vuelve locas a sus víctimas con recuerdos de una vida ajena. Pero la fuerza que está avasallando al mundo no es un patógeno. Es apenas una primera ola provocada por un sorprendente descubrimiento. Y lo que está en juego no es nuestra salud mental, sino el tejido mismo del tiempo. En Nueva York, el detective Barry Sutton está a punto de descubrir la verdad. Y en un laboratorio remoto, la neurocientífica Helena Smith no se ha percatado de que ella tiene la clave del misterio, y las herramientas para revertir la catástrofe. Juntos, Barry y Helena deben confrontar a su enemigo... antes de que ellos mismos, y el mundo entero, queden atrapados en un caótico bucle sin control. Una montaña rusa única, brillante y llena de acción... una lectura fantástica. ANDY WEIR, AUTOR DE EL MARCIANO Y ARTEMISA Blake Crouch ha establecido las reglas de una nueva realidad. Recursión va más allá de las grandes ideas para examinar los efectos que tienen en un mundo más grande y complejo. JASON SHEEHAN, NPR

A gigantic double horror/thriller novel featuring 21 different serial killers... For everyone who thinks the bad guys are so much more fun to read than the good guys, this is a book just for you. The definitive volume containing every major villain from the Crouch/Konrath Universe is here. If you haven't read anything by Crouch or Konrath, Serial Killers Uncut is the perfect introduction to the dark side of their universe. And if you enjoy a despicable bad guy (or bad girl), you're going to love this. There are close to two dozen serial killers featured in this book: Orson and Luther from Desert Places, Locked Doors, and Stirred, Mr. K from Shaken, Alex and Charles Kork from Whiskey Sour and Rusty Nail, Isaiah from Abandon, Taylor from Afraid, Javier from Snowbound, Donaldson and Lucy, plus many, many more. There are some good guys too, including Andrew Z. Thomas (Desert Places, Locked Doors), Jack Daniels (Whiskey Sour, Shaken), Violet King (Locked Doors, Break You), Tequila (Shot of Tequila), and Clayton Theel (Draculas). Serial Killers Uncut is an original 120,000 word double novel that stands alone without having read any of Konrath's or Crouch's work. If you are a more sensitive (or adventurous) reader, this handy scale rates specific categories from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to give you some idea if this is your kind of book. SERIAL KILLERS UNCUT by Crouch and Konrath Bad Language - 6 Scary - 8 Violent - 8 Funny - 4 Sexy - 7 Crossovers - Features characters from dozens of books in the Konrath and Crouch universe

Em novo livro, autor do best-seller Matéria escura investiga o poder da memória em trama que costura ficção científica, ação e mistério E se um dia memórias vívidas de coisas que nunca aconteceram se infiltrassem em sua mente, pintando em tons de cinza todas as suas certezas? É dessa premissa que Blake Crouch parte em Recursão, uma obra tão impactante que teve os direitos de adaptação audiovisual adquiridos pela Netflix, que produzirá um filme e uma série baseados no livro, ambos a cargo de Shonda Rhimes. Barry Sutton é policial em Nova York e convive com a tristeza da morte da filha. Ao ser acionado para intervir em uma tentativa de suicídio, ele se depara com uma mulher que sofre da Síndrome da Falsa Memória, uma doença misteriosa que planta na cabeça de suas vítimas lembranças de vidas que elas nunca tiveram. A neurocientista Helena Smith está desenvolvendo uma tecnologia para a cura do Alzheimer. Inesperadamente, um dos homens mais ricos do mundo se oferece para financiar sua pesquisa. Helena vê surgir a chance de propiciar um grande bem para a humanidade. No entanto, não poderia estar mais enganada... A tecnologia que deveria salvar vidas acelera a marcha galopante do caos, gerando uma guerra pelo poder e criando recursos que começam a esfacelar a realidade. O tempo não é mais como o conhecemos, e Barry e Helena terão de se unir se quiserem sobreviver — e salvar a todos nós. Um dos nomes mais importantes da ficção científica contemporânea, Blake Crouch constrói uma jornada desnorteante, com personagens complexos, que nos fazem refletir sobre nossa identidade. Uma trama intrincada, ágil e emocionante, que mostra que, quando nada é mais importante do que a memória, perdê-la significa perder a si mesmo.

'Mijn zoon is gewist.' Dat zijn de laatste woorden die de vrouw tegen Barry Sutton zegt voor ze van het dak van een wolkenkrabber springt. Barry begint onderzoek naar haar te doen en komt erachter dat er in het hele land mensen in een ander leven wakker worden dan dat waarin ze in slaap vielen. Barry's zoektocht naar de waarheid mondt uit in een onmogelijke, haast hallucinaire zoektocht als hij ontdekt dat de technologie van neurowetenschapper Helena Smith iets beangstigends heeft voortgebracht: de mogelijkheid om herinneringen niet alleen te opnieuw te beleven maar ook veranderen...

A breath-taking exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is the follow-up novel to the smash-hit thriller, Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch. What if someone could rewrite your entire life?'My son has been erased.' Those are the last words the woman tells Barry Sutton, before she leaps from the Manhattan rooftop. Deeply unnerved, Barry begins to investigate her death, only to learn that this wasn't an isolated case. All across the country, people are waking up to lives different than the ones they fell asleep to. Are they suffering from False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious, new disease that afflicts people with vivid memories of a life they never lived? Or is something far more sinister behind the fracturing of reality all around him?Miles away, neuroscientist Helena Smith is developing a technology that allows us to preserve our most intense memories, and relive them. 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.Barry's search for the truth leads him on an impossible, astonishing journey, as he discovers that Helena's work has yielded a terrifying gift - the ability not just to preserve memories, but to remake them . . . at the risk of destroying what it means to be human.

Petite bourgade tranquille nichée dans les forêts de l’Idaho, Wayward Pines est une illustration vivante du rêve américain. En apparence, seulement. Car au-delà de la barrière électrifiée qui protège la ville, le monde tel que nous le connaissons n’existe plus. La race des hommes a été remplacée par des choses mutantes d’une extrême férocité, et plus aucune civilisation n’existe. Ethan Burke a révélé ce secret aux habitants de Wayward Pines, jusqu’alors maintenus dans l’ignorance totale par David Pilcher, l’initiateur de cet insensé projet. Pour se venger, ce dernier a décidé d’ouvrir grand les portes de Wayward Pines... Que la chasse commence !

Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short. Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler. In this disturbing Thriller Short, bestselling author Blake Crouch unleashes the horror every parent fears. Mitchell stares at a page in a notebook, but he isn’t reading. He saw the short pudgy man and the boy of perhaps five or six walk into the coffeehouse fifteen minutes earlier. As he sips his espresso, he listens to the father and son talk. Outside in the small town, snow is falling. He follows the man and boy to the Antlers Motel and checks into a room next to theirs. With snow piling up in the parking lot, he lies down on top of the covers and whispers the Lord’s Prayer. That evening he sees the boy walk alone into the alcove housing the vending machines. It’s the opportunity he’s been waiting for. Amid the sound of coins dropping through the slot, he puts his hand on the boy’s shoulder and gently guides him out of the alcove to his car. What has driven Mitchell to do such an unthinkable act? And how will it end? Don’t miss any of these exciting stories from Thriller 2: The Weapon by Jeffery Deaver Remaking by Blake Crouch Iced by Harry Hunsicker Justice Served by Mariah Stewart The Circle by David Hewson Roomful of Witnesses by R.L. Stine The House on Pine Terrace by Phillip Margolin The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away by Marcus Sakey On the Run by Carla Neggers Can You Help Me Out Here? by Robert Ferrigno Crossed Double by Joe Hartlaub The Lamented by Lawrence Light Vintage Death by Lisa Jackson Suspension of Disbelief by Tim Maleeny A Calculated Risk by Sean Chercover The Fifth World by Javier Sierra Ghost Writer by Gary Braver Through a Veil Darkly by Kathleen Antrim Bedtime for Mr. Li by David J. Montgomery Protecting the Innocent by Simon Wood Watch Out for My Girl by Joan Johnston Killing Time by Jon Land Boldt’s Broken Angel by Ridley Pearson

Ficção científica eletrizante de Blake Crouch aborda realidades alternativas, caminhos não percorridos e questiona: você é feliz com a vida que tem? O fim de tudo que Jason Dessen conhece e ama começa em uma noite fria de outubro. É apenas uma saída casual para celebrar a conquista de um amigo no bar perto de casa. Ao se despedir da esposa e do filho, ele não olha para trás. Pouco tempo depois, raptado por um homem mascarado, Jason é levado para uma usina abandonada e deixado inconsciente. Quando acorda, um estranho sorri para ele, dizendo: “Bem-vindo de volta, amigo.” Neste novo mundo, Jason leva outra vida. Sua esposa não é sua esposa, seu filho nunca nasceu e, em vez de professor numa universidade mediana, ele é um gênio da física quântica que conseguiu um feito inimaginável. Algo impossível. Será que é este seu mundo, e o outro é apenas um sonho? E, se esta não for a vida que ele sempre levou, como voltar para sua família e tudo que ele conhece por realidade? Marcante, veloz e intimista, Matéria escura retorna às livrarias em nova edição, nos levando a um universo muito maior do que imaginamos. Seus múltiplos cenários compõem uma trama que aborda questões profundamente humanas, como identidade, família, o peso das escolhas e até onde vamos para recuperar a vida com que sonhamos. O thriller sci-fi de Blake Crouch será adaptado para uma série do Apple TV+, em produção que contará com Alice Braga (Cidade de Deus) e Jennifer Connelly (Top Gun: Maverick).

Three interlocking novellas details the escapades of ex-thief Letty Dobesh as she uses her skills to stop other crimes from taking place.

Suspense y ciencia ficción en una mezcla imposible de soltar. Llega a España el libro que ha inspirado la serie más esperada de 2015: Wayward Pines. El agente federal Ethan Burke se dirige a Wayward Pines en busca de dos de sus colegas desaparecidos, cuando el coche en el que viaja con un compañero se sale de la carretera. Unas horas más tarde Ethan despierta en medio de un pueblo encantador, un pueblo en el que los pájaros cantan y los niños corretean por las calles. No sabe dónde está, ni cómo salir de allí... Sin documentación ni dinero, Burke deberá desvelar los secretos de esta comunidad tan idílica en la que nada es lo que parece... Bienvenido a Wayward Pines, un lugar del que no querrás marcharte nunca...

Secret Service-agent Ethan Burke bevindt zich al drie weken in Wayward Pines in Idaho. Een stadje waar mensen verteld wordt met wie ze moeten trouwen, waar ze komen te wonen en waar ze komen te werken. De gehele bevolking is overgeleverd aan de grillen van David Pilcher, de megalomane gek die hen in zijn macht heeft. Maar Burke heeft ontdekt wat voor verbijsterend geheim zich bevindt achter het onder stroom staand hek waarmee het stadje omgeven is, een nachtmerrie die ieders voorstelling te boven gaat. Burke ziet het echter als zijn plicht om de inwoners te vertellen wat hij ontdekt heeft. Als Pilcher daarachter komt haalt hij de stroom van het hek en zijn Burke en de andere inwoners overgeleverd aan wat er zich buiten de hekken bevindt Verlaten is het derde en afsluitende deel van de beklemmende en verontrustende Wayward Pines-serie. Blake Crouch weet het verhaal op filmische en spectaculaire wijze tot een climax te schrijven die je als lezer niet onberoerd kán laten. Een must voor fans van Twin Peaks en Lost.