Dark Matter

By Blake Crouch

An ordinary man wakes in a world where his life is unrecognizable. Which reality is real?

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342 pages

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Jason Dessen, a college professor, is kidnapped and wakes up in a world where his life is unrecognizable. His wife isn't his wife, his son doesn't exist, and he's a celebrated genius. As he grapples with this alternate reality, Jason must determine which life is real and how to return to the family he loves. In this mind-bending thriller, choices and paths not taken blur the lines between dreams and reality. Can Jason reclaim the life he dreams of, or is he trapped in a world of impossibilities?

From the publisher

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.

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