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Dark Matter: A Novel Hardcover – July 26, 2016

by Blake Crouch (Author)

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A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy

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“Are you happy with your life?”

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.

Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.

Before a man Jason’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 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.

Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human—a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.

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An Amazon Best Book of July 2016: Blake Crouch is back with a science-fiction thriller that is fantastically terrifying. His story of Jason Dessen, an instantly relatable husband and father, quickly sucks you in as you follow him to an innocent evening at a local bar where circumstances abruptly shift and Jason begins a battle to make sense of a series of mind-bending realities that provoke past fears, both realized and unknown. Dark Matter will not just hold your attention cover to cover, but will continue to confront you far past the last sentence. --Penny Mann, The Amazon Book Review

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Excellent characterization and well-crafted tension do much to redeem the outlandish plot of this SF thriller from Crouch (the Wayward Pines trilogy). Jason Dessen, a quantum physicist, once had a brilliant research career ahead of him. But after a girlfriend’s unexpected pregnancy and the birth of a son, this future was derailed. Now Jason is a professor at a small Chicago college, content with his warm and loving family life until he’s abducted into a world in which his quantum many-worlds theory has become a fully realized technology for inter-dimensional transfer. In this world, Jason didn’t marry his girlfriend and never had a son. Jason is determined to get back to his family and his own world, but nefarious powers in the alternate reality conspire to stop him from revealing the criminal lengths they have gone to create the world-hopping technology. Crouch makes little attempt to justify the underlying science fiction MacGuffin, but a rousing and heartfelt ending will leave readers cheering. Agent: David Hale Smith, Inkwell Management. (July)\n

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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Crown; First Edition edition (July 26, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1101904224
ISBN-13: 978-1101904220
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.1 x 9.5 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2,399 customer reviews)
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"What might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present"

ByBenjamin T. Payneon November 28, 2016

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I've always been afraid of the multiverse theory. Until I read Dark Matter.

Before I read this story, I found it terrifying to know that there may very well be an infinite number of alternate me's on an infinite number of alternate universes.

After having read this story, I now appreciate this me and this world more than I ever have. I'm unapologetic about who I am, and who I am not.

This isn't a story about time travel, although it has some of the trappings of one: a futuristic teleportational device, and a disenchanted main character obsessed with what would have been.

Rather than traveling to the past or the future, Jason Dessen opens the door—literally—to the present. Alternate presents, in alternate Chicagos, from alternate universes.

Throughout the second half of the story, Jason tries to return home, after having been abducted and thrown into an alternate universe.

It's the universe he's always dreamed of. The one where he's an internationally renown quantum physicist. The one where he's the boss of his own company. The one where he's reached his fullest potential as a scientist.

But it's also the one where he never got married to the love of his life. It's the one where he never had his one and only son. It's the one where he has no family.

It's this universe that Jason attempts to find—through grueling trial and error.

I can't give anything more away without ruining the story for future readers, but I can give you what I believe to be the moral of the story: live in the present moment, because that is where your true identity lies.

The second quarter of the book lags, with Jason evading capture more times than necessary to advance the plot. (Twice he narrowly escapes through a bathroom. One lavatory getaway is plenty.)

I give Dark Matter 40 Jason Dessens out of 50. Read the book, and you'll understand my rating system.

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Oh, the thrill of quantum mechanics!

ByBecTecon May 4, 2017

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A science fiction mystery love-story thriller! Who would have thought that the theory of quantum mechanics could be so much fun? Crouch explores the science through a story that makes us wonder: what would have happened if...? We make so many choices in life; sometimes the smallest decisions can have such far-reaching consequences. The story also makes us wonder what is truly essential to defining who we are; do different life experiences fundamentally change us or do we retain our core selves regardless of life's experiences? Crouch's story is so well told that I was hurriedly flipping pages toward the end, to find out what would happen next. Still smiling over the fun of reading such a well-crafted book. My slight criticism is the loose ends, like Amanda, where the boxes all came from, and how evil the experimenters -- and Jason -- were.
Crouch suggested we watch the Ted Talk by Aaron O’Connell entitled “Making Sense of a Visible Quantum Object.” Well worth the few minutes.

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Pretty Run of the Mill Thriller

BySteven M. AnthonyEnthusiast: Science Fiction Bookson April 10, 2017

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This is a conceptually deep novel, taking as its subject quantum mechanics and the existence of an infinite number of realities, existing simultaneously. This “multiverse” has been accessed by a brilliant physicist who is the protagonist of the story. According to the theory, at each decision point in your life, separate and distinct realities emerge, which continue forward, sprouting their own branches, as new decisions are confronted.

With this theory in place, the author has penned a thriller, with his subject discovering how to navigate the multiverse and access different and perhaps more desirable realities, even confronting his own alternate reality self in an effort to effect a “reality swap” of sorts.

This is a very fast read, consumable in two or three days. The science is certainly challenging from a conceptual standpoint, though not necessarily vital to understanding the story, which is a pretty standard, run of the mill thriller.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that there is an extremely significant “plot hole” that develops near the end of the novel which is incompatible with the author’s multiverse theory. Nevertheless, the book is engaging and thought provoking.

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I should like this book since it is is exploring the realm ...

ByK. Telfordon August 29, 2016

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I should like this book since it is is exploring the realm of the multiverse. However, the author delivers a fun concept with an awful writing style, obvious plot devices and stereotypical characters. What should be at least a fun, sci-fi ish romp through the multiverse ends up being banal and amateurish. I feel like I have read/heard/watched this novel a million times at this point. I have no idea why people are showering it with accolades. Perhaps in a different dimension this book is engaging, but in the one I am living in now, it fails to impress.

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This one will really suck you in and tickle you imagination!

ByKenSon January 29, 2017

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This was a great book for anyone hooked on science fiction with a look at what alternative universes might look like as a focus. It was REALLY fast paced with it keeping me going for at least the first fifty pages without taking a break. It slowed down for twenty five pages or so, then picked up speed for the remainder of the book. A couple of times I had to take a breath and say "no way!" before continuing reading. The subject matter is really interesting with the author offering something I never realized could be possible if there actually are alternate realities and we could move from one to another. Really gets your imagination working!
Overall this is really fast paced book that kept my interest to the very end, and for me that is quite an accomplishment!

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Yeah so it's super sci-fi-y but wtf cares

Didn't think I'd be finishing a 300+ paged book in under 24 hours. Felt an adrenaline rush reading this!! Yeah so it's super sci-fi-y but wtf cares. It was f-ing great.

Published 9 hours ago by Sandy

Wow!

Consider having your mind blown. Consider putting your life on hold for a couple days. Consider the infinite possibilities this tale proposes. Consider reading this book.Read more

Published 19 hours ago by Simon Stevenson

Dark Matter

I would recommend this book to all my friends that enjoy thrillers and sci-fi. I the twists and turns kept me turning pages straight thru.Read more

Published 1 day ago by Malinda A. Wagner

WHAT A STUNNING BOOK!

I ALREADY WROTE A GREAT REVIEW!!!

Published 2 days ago by Judi Rosen

Experienced readers beware.

Well crafted, well written, well put together. Crouch knows how to turn a phrase, keep his pace and follow the premise.Read more

Published 3 days ago by C. Johansson

Read it anyway, they told me.

I don't love sci-fi. I barely tolerate some of the shows my husband watches on Netflix. I struggle to suspend belief. It just does not happen.Read more

Published 3 days ago by Kindle Customer

Holy mind blown!!

This book was amazing. How many times do we have to live with regrets- wondering what if I never did this or made that choice- how would things be different?Read more

Published 3 days ago by Michele Evans

Five Stars

Great book

Published 3 days ago by Varun

3.5?

There's a lot of fun in this book. It engages you to keep turning the page and see how the story plays out.Read more

Published 3 days ago by Lee Bothwick

Very different than I expected

A fun sci-fi read that, while not as shocking as Crouch's "Wayward Pines" series, is an entertaining book that'll leave you scratching your head and turning the page.Read more

Published 3 days ago by Scott

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