Abyss

This job will eat you alive.From the bestselling author of Ascension, Nicholas Binge, Abyss is a creeping, Lovecraftian horror about work, technology and existential dread.Joe Rice is lost – lonely, disconnected and terminally online. His new job as an administrative assistant at the Ponos corporation seems like just another unfulfilling stop-gap. But from his first day, something is deeply wrong. The vast Canary Wharf office is empty, his line manager is a bundle of paranoid energy, and his work is monitored by WellBot, an AI wellness chatbot that demands total honesty while tracking his every move.As Joe’s tasks descend into a surreal nightmare, he’ll eventually learn that handing in his notice could have deadly consequences . . .* * *Praise for Nicholas Binge‘Old-school creepy . . . five-star horror’ – Stephen King on Ascension‘Extremity is a fantastic, twisty, exhilarating novella . . . easily in the running for best novella of the year’ – The Fantasy Hive

Nicholas Binge’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, and more.His work has been translated into eleven languages and multiple works are in development for film and television. Ascension, a New York Times Editor’s Choice Pick, has been hailed as a must-read ‘5-star horror novel’ by Stephen King, and was a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2023 for Best Science Fiction novel. His novel, Dissolution, described as an ‘expertly crafted’ puzzle by New Scientist, released to international critical acclaim.