Zusatztext PRAISE FOR THE NINTH METAL When Benjamin Percy publishes a novel, I have got to read that novel. The Ninth Metal continues his streak of thrilling, incisive genre-bending goodness. It's a sci-fi novel, a crime novel, and a superhero novel too. Audacious and intelligent and exactly what I was dying to read. Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling Whether you choose to think of him as the Elmore Leonard of rural Minnesota or the Stephen King of science fiction, Ben Percywith his extraordinary and unrelenting eyedishes up humanity like some kind of otherworldly blue-plate special, at once deeply familiar and wildly new. Margaret Stohl, New York Times best-selling author Take one part dystopia, one part sci-fi, two parts apocalypse, then ride them roughshod through a bleak and bloody western, and it still wouldn't get close to what Ben Percy does here, which is blow open the core of humanity's dark heart. Marlon James, Booker Prizewinning author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf PRAISE FOR THE DARK NET A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Minnesota Book Award finalist An Indie Next Pick An iBooks Most Anticipated Mystery & Thriller Selection A Powell's Books Staff Pick ?An Amazon Best Book of the Month, Mysteries and Thrillers Masterful crafting . . . a horror story for our times. Minneapolis Star Tribune Benjamin Percy's distinctive brand of horror fiction . . . is on full display in The Dark Net . The novel blends aspects of techno-thrillers with supernatural horror for page-turning results. Percy is no stranger to unlikely genre fusions, but The Dark Net 's idiosyncratic brew is particularly enticing. Shelf Awareness A rich mash-up of suspense, techno-thriller, horror, and the supernatural, Percy pulls it all together with a terrific cast of characters, finely-tuned plot twists, and killer prose, sprinkled generously with spot-on snark and fun puns, as well as lovely turns of phrase. Seattle Review of Books Maybe you've read it before. But you haven't read it like Percy can write it. Lewiston Tribune Of all the things that The Dark Net is, the greatest is that it's a Blob-swallowing thing . . . if you're into Benjamin Percy's work, you'll love this, and if you don't even know who Benjamin Percy is, this book will make you want to devour his other books. PANK A brisk read that sweeps us along with the good guys as they try to pull the plug on a Satantic Singularity. Toronto Star Percy's greatest strengthand he has manyhas always been his world building . . . those who only know of Percy's work through his meteoric success in comic books will find The Dark Net to be the perfect crossover work to his novels. Action packed, fast-paced, and incredibly imaginative, The Dark Net is yet another feather in Benjamin Percy's cap. Crimespree Magazine &n Informationen zum Autor BENJAMIN PERCY has won a Whiting Award, a Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, an NEA fellowship, and the iHeartRadio Award for Best Scripted Podcast. He is the author of the novels The Ninth Metal, The Unfamiliar Garden, The Dark Net, The Dead Lands, Red Moon, and The Wilding ; three story collections; and an essay collection, Thrill Me . He also writes Wolverine and X-ForcePRAISE FOR THE NINTH METAL   “When Benjamin Percy publishes a novel, I have got to read that novel. The Ninth Metal continues his streak of thrilling, incisive genre-bending goodness. It’s a sci-fi novel, a crime novel, and a superhero novel too. Audacious and intelligent and exactly what I was dying to read.” —Victor LaValle, author of** The Changeling   “Whether you choose to think of him as the Elmore Leonard of rural Minnesota or the Stephen King of science fiction, Ben Percy—with his extraordinary and unrelenting eye—dishes up humanity like some kind of otherworldly blue-plate special, at once deeply familiar and wildly new.” —Margaret Stohl, New York Times best-selling author   “Take one part dystopia, one part sci-fi, two parts apocalypse, then ride them roughshod through a bleak and bloody western, and it still wouldn’t get close to what Ben Percy does here, which is blow open the core of humanity’s dark heart.” —Marlon James, Booker Prize–winning author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf  PRAISE FOR THE DARK NET  A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Minnesota Book Award finalist An Indie Next Pick An iBooks Most Anticipated Mystery & Thriller Selection A Powell’s Books Staff Pick ​An Amazon Best Book of the Month, Mysteries and Thrillers   “Masterful crafting . . . a horror story for our times.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune   “Benjamin Percy’s distinctive brand of horror fiction . . . is on full display in The Dark Net*.* The novel blends aspects of techno-thrillers with supernatural horror for page-turning results. Percy is no stranger to unlikely genre fusions, but The Dark Net’s idiosyncratic brew is particularly enticing.” —Shelf Awareness   “A rich mash-up of suspense, techno-thriller, horror, and the supernatural, Percy pulls it all together with a terrific cast of characters, finely-tuned plot twists, and killer prose, sprinkled generously with spot-on snark and fun puns, as well as lovely turns of phrase.” —Seattle Review of Books   “Maybe you’ve read it before. But you haven’t read it like Percy can write it.” —Lewiston Tribune   “Of all the things that The Dark Net is, the greatest is that it’s a Blob-swallowing thing . . . if you’re into Benjamin Percy’s work, you’ll love this, and if you don’t even know who Benjamin Percy is, this book will make you want to devour his other books.” —PANK   “A brisk read that sweeps us along with the good guys as they try to pull the plug on a Satantic Singularity.” —Toronto Star   “Percy’s greatest strength—and he has many—has always been his world building . . . those who only know of Percy’s work through his meteoric success in comic books will find The Dark Net to be the perfect crossover work to his novels. Action packed, fast-paced, and incredibly imaginative, The Dark Net is yet another feather in Benjamin Percy’s cap.” —Crimespree Magazine&n

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BENJAMIN PERCY has won a Whiting Award, a Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, an NEA fellowship, and the iHeartRadio Award for Best Scripted Podcast. He is the author of the novels The Ninth Metal, The Unfamiliar Garden, The Dark Net, The Dead Lands, Red Moon, and The Wilding; three story collections; and an essay collection, Thrill Me. He also writes Wolverine and X-Force for Marvel Comics. He lives in Minnesota with his family.