Dark Matter

by Blake Crouch

It’s the beautiful thing about youth. There’s a weightlessness that permeates everything because no damning choices have been made, no paths committed to, and the road forking out ahead is pure, unlimited potential.

When I was writing Dark Matter, I was in a low point in my life. Much like the character of Jason Dessen, I was looking back at all the roads not taken and feeling envious of my younger self. I tried to channel that ennui into my protagonist. This was, hands-down, the most personal thing I had ever written up to this point.