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‘A great storyteller hitting his stride’ – Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels

When 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 New York Times 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, No. 1 New York Times bestselling 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 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 Terrific . . . A great storyteller hitting his stride — Lee Child It’s clear you’re in the hands of a master storyteller — Alex Michaelides Amazingly gripping and totally immersive — Diana Gabaldon Blake Crouch doesn’t pull any punches — Veronica Roth Blake Crouch is brilliant. His innovative novels never fail to grip! — Sarah Pekkanen This helter skelter survival thriller grabbed me from the first page and didn’t put me down until I’d finished it three days later. The pace is breakneck, the concept equal parts fascinating and terrifying, and I really enjoyed it * Holly Seddon *