First, it sets up a mystery that the reader will figure out before the characters. It uses a few different kinds of thriller hook to keep you invested, all in the same book. There are a couple of things that really make Dark Matter stand out. Is this world real, or a dream? And no matter what this place is, how can he get back to the people he loves? He looks for his wife - but in this world she says she’s not his wife. In this world he’s not a college professor - they say he’s created something that seems impossible. When Jason wakes up, he’s surrounded by strangers congratulating him for something he’s supposed to have achieved. A strange man in a geisha mask abducts him at gunpoint, drives him to an abandoned building, takes his phone and clothes, and injects him with a strange drug. Jason Dessen is walking home one night when he realizes he is being followed. Here's the setup (back of the book style, but in spoiler tags in case you like to go in totally blank): Absolutely one of the most exciting, staying-up-too-late-reading inducing books I've ever read! This is my go-to recommendation whenever a friend tells me they are in a reading slump.
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