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Recursion

From the Bestselling Author of Dark Matter Comes an Exciting, Twisty Thriller

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Recursion

By: Blake Crouch
Narrated by: Abby Craden, Jon Lindstrom
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'Action-packed, brilliantly unique' – Andy Weir, author of The Martian

A compulsive, mind-bending exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is a breathtaking thriller from the author of Dark Matter, Blake Crouch.

At first, it looks like a disease.

An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.

But the force that’s sweeping the world is no pathogen. It’s just the first shockwave, unleashed by a stunning discovery – and what’s in jeopardy is not just our minds.

In New York City, Detective Barry Sutton is closing in on the truth – and in a remote laboratory, neuroscientist Helena Smith is unaware that she alone holds the key to this mystery . . . and the tools for fighting back.

Together, Barry and Helena will have to confront their enemy – before they, and the world, are trapped in a loop of ever-growing chaos.

'Recursion takes mind-twisting premises and embeds them in a deeply emotional story about time and loss and grief and most of all, the glory of the human heart' – Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X

Fans are blown away by Recursion . . .


'Unbelievably good'

'Mind-blowing, brilliant, enthralling and gripping from beginning to end'

'The stakes are colossal, the characters are the perfect propelling forces of the story, and the big reveals are placed at exactly the right moments'

'I couldn't put it down, I had to know what happened next'

'Crouch, an already phenomenal author, just keeps getting better'

Psychological Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Time Travel Exciting Scary
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Critic reviews

Crouch isn’t just a world-class thriller writer, he’s a Philip K. Dick for the modern age. Recursion takes mind-twisting premises and embeds them in a deeply emotional story about time and loss and grief and most of all, the glory of the human heart (Gregg Hurwitz, international bestselling author of Orphan X)
It's not often I plough through a book in two days. But Blake Crouch’s action-packed, brilliantly unique Recursion had me up late and shirking responsibilities until I had devoured the last page. A fantastic read (Andy Weir, Number one New York Times bestselling author of The Martian)
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)
Blake Crouch is brilliant. His innovative novels never fail to grip! (Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling co-author of The Wife Between Us)
This is a mind-twisting exploration of memory and what it means to be human. If you’re into thoughtful, fluidly written science fiction, this one will hit the mark
Blake Crouch's fantastic, mind-blowing philosophical thriller
Smart and twisty, Recursion will make you rethink everything you thought you know, not just about time travel, but about time itself
Praise for Dark Matter: Brilliant . . . I think Blake Crouch just invented something new (Lee Child)
Praise for Dark Matter: It also might be the most helter-skelter, race-to-the-finish-line thriller you'll read all year
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I liked this story, at times it was very fast paced and I couldn't stop but with the complex nature of the story and listening on work commutes it was sometimes hard to pick up where you left off.

Narration was excellent!

Good story, gets a little confusing.

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A fascinating concept that was well explored. It seemed a little slow at first but by halfway through the book it was as if you had listened to two entire stories already with the best to come. For most of the book you had no idea what was coming next. This was an audible version of a real page-turner!

Outstanding!

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Allot of good thought went into this. Modern thinking into the nature of time. The mind experiments that are done today! A bit like the idea behind schrodingers box in that time is a relative concept in the idea that we only witness it through the biological machine we live in and the machines limited abilities..

All put together with the marvel or driving force of love and the willingness to suffer to relive joy

Good stuff!

Intelligent time argument

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Blake Crouch does not disappoint with this one. Brilliant story and an intriguing concept. I give the story itself 5 stars but the female narrator pained-sounding reading voice was a little distracting at times.

Thought provoking and intense

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really good .. way better than dark matter in my opinion ... loved the ending :)

loved it !!!!

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