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‘A great storyteller hitting his stride’ – Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novelsWhen a man’s name is read out to be killed, he must do everything to survive. Run is a relentless thriller from Blake Crouch, the bestselling author of Dark Matter and Upgrade.
You only have time to . . . run.

FIVE DAYS AGO: a rash of bizarre murders swept the country.

FOUR DAYS AGO: the murders increased tenfold.

THREE DAYS AGO: the President addressed the nation and begged for calm and peace.

TWO DAYS AGO: the killers began to mobilize.

YESTERDAY: all the power went out.

TONIGHT: they’re reading out the names of those to be killed on the Emergency Broadcast System – and they’ve just read yours.

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Praise for Blake Crouch:

‘Another killer read from Blake’ – Andy Weir, author of The Martian

‘It’s clear you’re in the hands of a master storyteller’ – Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens

‘Blake Crouch doesn’t pull any punches’ – Veronica Roth, author of Chosen Ones

Publisher Review

Imaginative, perfectly paced and extremely clever . . . Walks the fine line between page-turning thriller and smart sci-fi. Another killer read from Blake — Andy Weir, 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, author of After That Night Terrific . . . A great storyteller hitting his stride — Lee Child, author of In Too Deep It’s clear you’re in the hands of a master storyteller — Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient Amazingly gripping and totally immersive — Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander Blake Crouch doesn’t pull any punches — Veronica Roth, author of When Among Crows Blake Crouch is brilliant. His innovative novels never fail to grip! — Sarah Pekkanen, author of House of Glass