Synopsis
Have you ever found yourself on Instagram Reels or TikTok at 1 in the morning, wondering where the hell the time went?
Joe Rice is adrift in the anxieties of modern life – 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 quickly descend into a surreal nightmare, he'll soon realise that handing in his notice could have deadly consequences.
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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
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14 May 2026
9781037402098Reviews
Old-school creepy . . . five-star horror
A rollicking good read. Playful, inventive and vivid, with addictive narrative drive
A weird and wonderful horror novel . . . Binge is an author to watch
Binge has written a profound and elegiac story that examines science, faith and the concept of humanity itself – what it means to live and die, to yearn and strive, and all the spaces in between
