Best Selling Books by Blake Crouch

Drei Wochen ist es her, dass Secret-Service-Agent Ethan Burke auf der Suche nach zwei Vermissten die Kleinstadt Wayward Pines betrat. Und damit alles hinter sich ließ, was sein Leben bisher ausmachte. Denn das scheinbar idyllische Wayward ist keine normale Stadt, sondern eine Festung, umgeben von einem Elektrozaun, und davor lauert eine grausame Bedrohung. Lange Zeit hielt die Gemeinschaft der Stadt dieser Bedrohung stand. Doch durch Ethans Ankunft ist das zerbrechliche Gefüge ins Wanken geraten. Jetzt steht der Zaun offen – und Wayward Pines führt einen blutigen Kampf ums Überleben ...

各國讀者飆淚讚嘆：這小說太 不 可 思 議 了 當代科技驚悚第一人，《人生複本》克勞奇震撼文壇最新力作！ ★《時代雜誌》年度必讀好書 ★《紐約時報》《華盛頓郵報》暢銷書 ★美國獨立書商選書 ★亞馬遜書店精選科幻小說 ★Goodreads書評網年度最佳科幻小說入圍 ★金獎導演史蒂芬史匹柏旗下Amblin影業熱烈改編中 一個平凡的父親，竟成為人類進化的下一步…… 這是個唯有進化者能倖存的世界， 但代價卻是一無所有。 審定．專文推薦──黃貞祥（清華大學生命科學系助理教授） 知名小說家《火星任務》《末日之旅》《分歧者》《異鄉人Outlander》作者、 《侏羅紀公園》編劇、冬陽、陳國偉、馬立軒 ── 一致狂推！ ▲ 強制升級病毒來襲，我們要放手迎向滅絕？或是成為連自己也不認識的物種？ ▲ 人類的第三大計畫會是為我們自己獲取創造和毀滅的神力， 將智人升級到神人。──哈拉瑞，《人類大命運：從智人到神人》 羅根只想當個平凡的父親、丈夫， 雖然他始終扛著家族虧負世人的愧咎感， 但一切還算平凡、還算安好， 直到一場爆炸，他的世界徹底改變。 不，正確說法是，他啟動了世界的改變…… 羅根不太想提自己的姓氏，他日日低調工作，內心卻飽受罪惡感折磨，因為他的頂尖科學家母親一個失手，讓兩百萬人陷入災難…… 他放棄科學研究，進入基因保護局擔任探員，專門追捕濫行改造基因的罪犯。一次行動中，他遭遇病毒炸彈，防護破損，傷勢嚴重，所幸經過治療，醫師確認：他乾淨無虞，沒有感染。 但是，羅根漸漸覺得自己有些不一樣……更敏銳，更專心，可同時多工作業，閱讀快，記憶強，還有睡得更少……然後，他的大腦似乎急遽變化，就連身體骨骼肌肉都……他還非常確定，自己是用「全新眼光」看待世界與身邊的人。 這明顯是基因強制「升級」，問題是怎麼造成的？誰設計的？ 答案慢慢指向他的過往，更驚人的是，這竟是全人類強制升級的第一步…… 羅根的行動，將左右這個計畫走向啟動或是終結？是大批汰換或是全新人種誕生？ 不過，要取得這場戰爭的主導權，他必須徹底改造自己，直到再也無法回到妻子和女兒身邊， 回不去自己的家、自己的人生，甚至再也無法做個「人」…… 距離改寫人類這個物種的定義，我們只差幾步距離了。──布萊克．克勞奇 ◎熱烈推薦 黃貞祥╲清華大學生命科學系助理教授 冬陽╲電台主持人、推理評論家 陳國偉╲中興大學台文所優聘副教授兼所長 馬立軒╲中華科幻學會常務理事 ◎各界好評 ※面對不確定的未來，往往處於兩極的拔河擺盪：該積極勇往還是謹慎推演？迎來的是美麗新世界亦或萬劫不復的深淵？ 克勞奇這回以先進的基因編輯技術為題，再次用虛構的故事帶領讀者進行一趟擬真的冒險，這讓具生命科學背景的我讀來冒汗不止—分不清是驚悚害怕的冷汗還是雀躍緊張的熱液，留待躍躍欲試的你來實際感受一下。──冬陽，電台主持人、推理評論家 ※如果有一天人類也可以輕易被基改的話，會是什麼樣的光景？同時，如果我們把人類的內裡簡單劃分成理性與感性，那提升其中的何者，對於人類的存續更具意義呢？在《升級UPGRADE》中，作者克勞奇對這兩個問題提供了令我意想不到、五味雜陳，卻也為之動容的解答。──馬立軒，中華科幻學會理事長 ※《升級UPGRADE》在扣人心弦的驚悚和高概念科幻故事之間達成巧妙平衡。克勞奇又一超殺讀物。──安迪．威爾，暢銷書《火星任務》作者 ※克勞奇再度震撼了我。《升級UPGRADE》不僅是燒腦刺激的驚悚小說，更是闇夜警鐘，直指人類妄想扮演上帝的恐怖局面。──加斯汀．柯羅寧，暢銷書《末日三部曲》作者 ※故事張力十足，克勞奇毫不留情逼視人性及其陰暗成分。娛樂指數破表、情感能量滿點的驚悚情節，讓人闔上書頁還低迴難忘。──薇若妮卡．羅斯，暢銷書《分歧者》作者 ※翻開第一頁，你就知道這書是出自一位故事大師之手。──艾力克斯．麥可利迪斯，暢銷書《緘默的病人》作者 ※你不用同情主角，因為你會活在他的皮膚裡，與他共感。──黛安娜．蓋伯頓，暢銷書《異鄉人：古戰場傳奇》系列作者 ※克勞奇具備科技驚悚天王麥可．克萊頓的眼界與氣度。《升級UPGRADE》引人入勝、情節緊湊、故事嚴謹、內蘊真摯情感，動人心弦。──大衛．科普，《侏羅紀公園》編劇 ※如果克萊頓動手寫超級英雄小說，就會是《升級UPGRADE》……故事流暢，情節俐落，千驚萬險之間出現令人佇留低迴的動人字句，掩卷後仍惆悵難忘。──《紐約時報》書評 ※克勞奇作品絕對在我荒島書單之列。──凱利．福斯，獨立書商翠鳥書店店長 ※克勞奇再次把黑暗系科幻小說推向新高點，這本必看。──《書單雜誌》 【作者簡介】 布萊克．克勞奇 Blake Crouch 你絕猜不到克勞奇下一步要將你帶往何處。──休豪伊，《羊毛記》作者 1978 年生於北卡羅萊納州的山邊小鎮，2000 年取得北卡羅萊納大學教堂山分校的語文與創意寫作學位，直到 04、05 年才獲得出版小說的機會，其餘就只在推理雜誌發表短篇，或透過自費出版發表故事。 2015年，在小說改編電視影集推波下，克勞奇成為新一代科幻驚悚懸疑的超新星。所有早先關於驚悚故事的記憶，都在他身上復活了。不論是向《雙峰》致敬的《松林異境》系列，或是改編成懸疑影集的《一善之差》（Good Behavior），以及暢銷小說《人生複本》，都不斷引讀者重溫史蒂芬．金、《侏羅紀公園》作者麥可．克萊頓等驚悚名家營造的閱讀氛圍。 而《人生複本》不但在美國書展、各大動漫展成為關注焦點，克勞奇本人也因售出影視改編，跨界成為電影編劇。《記憶的玩物》更是在出版前立刻被Netflix高價搶標改編，寫下影、視雙宇宙同步開展的新紀錄。最新作品《升級Upgrade》經多家影業搶標後，由金獎導演史蒂芬史匹柏旗下的Amblin影業熱烈展開改編作業。 譯者 蘇瑩文 輔仁大學法文系畢業，曾任職外國駐台機構及外商公司十餘年，現為英、法文自由譯者。愛好閱讀、旅行及攝影。常隨譯作情境發展出各種興趣，因而有更多機會接觸不同類型的作品。近期譯作有《UBIK尤比克》《黑城》《摯友》《三股髮辮》《書海情緣》等。

Jack weet eigenlijk niet waarom maar dát er mensen komen, staat voor hem vast. Om hem en zijn familie uit te schakelen. Vijf dagen geleden Een invasie van bizarre moorden trekt over het land. Een agent richt een bloedbad aan in een bejaardentehuis, er zijn schietincidenten op scholen, hevige opstanden breken uit in gevangenissen. Het land wordt overspoeld door onbegrijpelijke, agressieve uitspattingen. Vier dagen geleden De moorden vertienvoudigen... Drie dagen geleden De president smeekt het volk tot kalmte... Twee dagen geleden De moordenaars verenigen zich... Gisteren De elektriciteit valt uit. Vanavond Op de radio hoort Jack zijn naam noemen. Iedereen die genoemd wordt, moet worden gedood. Jack weet: ze zijn onderweg naar hem en zijn gezin. Hij heeft geen tijd om na te denken. Ze moeten nu vluchten.

What if you looked exactly like a famous movie star, and one day decided that, along with their beautiful face, you wanted the life that came with it?

Kite (Ein Jack-Daniels-Thriller) Der schockierende Folgetitel vom Bestseller-Thriller Mr. K... Leutnant Jacqueline Jack Daniels ist den schlimmsten und schrecklichsten Schurken begegnet. Aber bisher hat sie immer über das Böse gesiegt. Luther Kite hat ungeheure Gräueltaten begangen und aus schierem Vergnügen gemordet. Von allen Bösewichtern ist er der Schlimmste, und niemand hat es bisher geschafft, ihm das Handwerk zu legen ... bis er in der schwangeren Jack eine neue Herausforderung findet. Jack war schon immer eine Kämpfernatur, doch jetzt hat sie einen besonderen Grund, für den es sich zu kämpfen lohnt. Luther errichtet deshalb etwas ganz Besonderes für Jack: eine Welt wie aus einem Albtraum, ein Ort, von dem bisher noch niemand fliehen konnte. Nur einer wird überleben. Doch es geht nicht so aus, wie Sie denken.

The year is 1995, and a young girl with psychopathic tendencies named Lucy has run away from home to a mystery convention to see her favorite author in the world: Andrew Z. Thomas. But Lucy has problems, and not just the psychopathic kind ... to start with, the hotel won''t rent a room to a 15-year-old girl. So she does a bad, bad thing, which only gets worse when a couple of horrifying killers, Orson Thomas, and his protégé, Luther Kite, catch her trying to cover up a nasty mess.

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. “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 ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory—his most mind-boggling, irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondaland’s upcoming Netflix film. “Gloriously twisting . . . a heady campfire tale of a novel.”—The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • NPR • BookRiot Reality is broken. 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 shock wave, unleashed by a stunning discovery—and what’s in jeopardy is not our minds but the very fabric of time itself. 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.

Tim and Laura West receive a bizarre voicemail on their answering machine that seems to have unintentionally recorded a brutal murder. But what happens when the killer realizes their mistake? This story unfolds over one terrifying evening, and this young couple will never be the same. Note: This 5,500-word story is collected with others in the eBook, Four Live Rounds, which also contains a Foreword by J.A. Konrath and introductions to each story by Blake Crouch.

«El 8 de abril de 1990, el canal ABC emitió el episodio piloto de la icónica serie Twin Peaks, de Mark Frost y David Lynch. Yo tenía doce años por aquel entonces, y nunca olvidaré la sensación que se apoderó de mí al ver esta extravagante serie. Wayward Pines. El paraíso está inspirado por la creación lynchiana de un pequeño pueblo en medio de la nada, bello por fuera pero con un oscuro mundo oculto. Esta novela es la culminación de los esfuerzos realizados durante estos últimos veinte años por crear algo que me haga sentir como esta serie lo hizo.»BLAKE CROUCHEl 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, 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 idílica. Pero Wayward Pines esconde una terrible pesadilla que sólo acaba de empezar.

Now in a single volume ... all of Crouch''s Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite novels that lead up to his and J.A. Konrath''s thriller STIRRED ... THICKER THAN BLOOD: The Complete Andrew Z. Thomas Trilogy (Desert Places, Locked Doors, and Break You), is now available in a single ebook featuring a goldmine of killer bonus features, including the never-before-released alternate endings to both Desert Places and Locked Doors, which together comprise the length of an additional novel. DESERT PLACES: A Novel: "Greetings. There is a body buried on your property, covered in your blood. The unfortunate young lady''s name is Rita Jones. In her jeans pocket you''ll find a slip of paper with a phone number on it. Call that number. If I have not heard from you by 8:00 p.m., the police will receive an anonymous call. I''ll tell them where Rita Jones is buried on your property, how you killed her, and where the murder weapon can be found in your house. (I do believe a paring knife is missing from your kitchen.) I strongly advise against going to the police, as I am always watching you." Andrew Z. Thomas is a successful writer of suspense thrillers, living the dream at his lake house in the piedmont of North Carolina. One afternoon in late spring, he receives a bizarre letter that eventually threatens his career, his sanity, and the lives of everyone he loves. A murderer is designing his future, and for the life of him, Andrew can''t get away. LOCKED DOORS: A Novel: Seven years ago, suspense novelist Andrew Thomas''s life was shattered when he was framed for a series of murders. The killer''s victims were unearthed on Andrew''s lakefront property, and since he was wanted by the FBI, Andrew had no choice but to flee and to create a new identity. Andrew does just that in a cabin tucked away in the remote wilderness near Haines Junction, Yukon. His only link to society is by e-mail, through which he learns that all the people he ever loved are being stalked and murdered. Culminating in the spooky and secluded Outer Banks of North Carolina, the paths of Andrew Thomas, a psychotic named Luther Kite, and a young female detective collide. Locked Doors is a novel of blistering suspense that will scare you to death. BREAK YOU: A Novella: Following the events of Desert Places and Locked Doors, Andy Thomas and Violet King are hiding out in the wilds of northern Canada, where Violet has a four-month-old son and a burgeoning romance with Andy. On a cold, rainy night at their cabin in the woods, the promise of an idyllic life that seems just around the corner is shattered when a man from their past, a monster of pure malevolence, returns. What he has in store for them will challenge their understanding of evil and stretch the fibers of their love to the breaking point. This 220,000-word ebook is absolutely loaded with content, including 2 full-length novels, a 20,000-word novella, an introduction, forewords to every book, an afterword, the short story, "Ginsu Tony" upon which Desert Places was based, the never-before-released 100-page alternate ending of Desert Places, the never-before-released 140-page alternate ending of Locked Doors, and more. This is everything written by Blake that you need to read in advance of the release of Blake''s and J.A. Konrath''s collaboration novel, Stirred.