You'll gulp Dark Matter down in one afternoon, or more likely one night... Alternate-universe science fiction [and] a countdown thriller in which the hero must accomplish an impossible task to save his family. There's always another door to open, and another page to turn. - New York Times Book Review A mind-blowing sci-fi/suspense/love-story mash-up. - Entertainment Weekly A fast, tasty read with a killer twist. It's a whole bag of barbecue chips...just sitting there waiting for you to devour in one long rush. -NPR.org A hard tale to shake...makes its characters - and readers - wonder what life would have been like had they made different decisions. Relatable and unnerving. -USA Today Propulsive... Dark Matter has plenty of heady concepts and phantasmagorical plotting. But it is also beguilingly rooted in [its hero's] desperate travails, elevating this page-turning adventure into an entirely different dimension. - Entertainment Weekly A blockbuster read that channels Michael Crichton... I can't remember when I last sat down and blew through a book in literally a single sitting. -The Verge A dazzling book for summer [with] a mind-bending premise, a head-spinning plot that's dialogue-driven and adrenaline-fueled, and a gut-wrenching climax that gave me goose bumps. - Minneapolis Star-Tribune Draws on questions and anxieties we all wrestle with in the dark hours...Crouch has invested [sci-fi motifs] with scientific plausibility, and more unusually, with emotional depth. - Wall Street Journal Crouch takes a sharp sci-fi premise and infuses it with love...A gripping page-turner [that is] concerned above all with the heart, and what we do to it-or let happen to it-over time. Dark Matter is It's A Wonderful Life for the 21st century -AVClub.com [A] mind-blowing speculative-science thriller that throws in an old-fashioned love story for good measure. -Fort Worth Star-Telegram Enormously compelling...the fastest, strangest thriller you'll read this year. - Mashable.com Might be the most helter-skelter, race-to-the-finish-line thriller you'll read all year, with a clever, mind-boggling final twist. - The Guardian A pacy, action-driven SF thriller...terse prose, strong characterisation and clever twists make for a quick, smart, engrossing read. - Financial Times A high-tension thriller...always engaging and frequently moving. A strong piece of summertime get-away reading, perfect for those times when the mind wanders to contemplate an alternate reality of endless vacation. - San Francisco Chronicle Exciting, suspenseful and frightening, yet also poignant and heartwarming, DARK MATTER is one of the best books of any year...or any reality. -Book Reporter A mind-bending odyssey of parallel worlds and causality [that] unfolds with all the suspense and strength of a more straightforward thriller, building up to a deliciously surreal climax...memorable and well-rounded characters add a big, beating heart to the tale. -New York Journal of Books Brilliant. A book to remember. I think Blake Crouch just invented something new. - Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series Exceptional. An exciting, ingeniously plotted adventure about love, regret, and quantum superposition. It's been a long time since a novel sucked me in and kept me turning pages the way this one did. - Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of The Martian A masterful, truly original work of suspense. Crouch delivers laser-focused prose, a plot that melds science fiction and thriller to brilliant effect, and a touching, twisted love story that plays out in ways you'll never see coming. It all adds up to one hell of a ride. - Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Wow. I gulped down Dark Matter in one sitting and put it down awed and amazed by the ride. It's fast, smart, addictive-- and the Skryť popis