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Extremity
- Author
- Nicholas Binge
- Narrator
- Marian Hussey
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 18 September 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Extremity is a nail-biting, time-travelling police procedural from bestselling author Nicholas Binge. For fans of True Detective and Philip K. Dick.
‘Easily in the running for the best novella of the year’ – The Fantasy Hive
Infamous police detective Julia Torgrimsen is brought out of forced retirement to investigate the murder of Bruno Donaldson, a billionaire she worked with while undercover. But she doesn’t expect to find two bodies. Both are Bruno, identical down to the fingerprints – and both have been shot.
She soon finds herself on the hunt for a mysterious assassin who has been taking out London’s rich elite one by one. But when she finally catches up with her quarry, she unveils a world of deadly secrets: impossible documents about future stock market crashes; mysterious doppelgangers; and a conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
To have any chance solving this mystery, Julia will have to revisit her undercover past and the brutal act that destroyed her once-legendary career . . .
‘I was so tense I could feel every muscle locking up in my body’ – FanFiAddict
‘A sharp, intelligent, and potent shot of sci-fi thriller excellence’ – Ginger Nuts of Horror
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Readers are gripped by Extremity:
‘I didn’t want it to end’ – 5* Goodreads Review
‘Excellent, fast-paced, and incredibly fun’ – 5* Goodreads Review
‘Totally gripping and I wanted it to be longer as I didn't want it to finish’ – 5* Goodreads Review
Critics Review
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Old-school creepy . . . five-star horror
Stephen King on Ascension
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A rollicking good read. Playful, inventive and vivid, with addictive narrative drive. Astonishingly accomplished
Lionel Shriver, internationally bestselling author of We Need to Talk About Kevin on Ascension
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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. I will be thinking about this one for a long time
Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book Eaters on Ascension
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Binge is an author to watch, and if his subsequent novels are anything close to Ascension, I’ll be reading every single one. A fantastic achievement that’ll make me look at my beloved mountains twice
TJ Klune, Sunday Times bestselling author on Ascension
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Thrilling, intelligent sci-fi with a touch of horror and a triumphant conclusion
Gareth Brown, bestselling author of The Book of Doors on Dissolution
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Pedal to the metal from the get-go . . . Short enough to read in one sitting, this is a book worth picking up.
British Fantasy Society
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This is the perfect read for anyone looking for a fast-paced reading thrill among a sea of long novels
Scottish Field Magazine
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Extremity is a fantastic, twisty, exhilarating novella . . . easily in the running for best novella of the year
The Fantasy Hive
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Binge is a writer to keep an eye on
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Details
- Author
- Nicholas Binge
- Narrator
- Marian Hussey
- Duration
- 4 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035085897
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Science fiction: time travel / time slip, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Science fiction: near future, Novella (Short Novel)
Synopsis
Extremity is a nail-biting, time-travelling police procedural from bestselling author Nicholas Binge. For fans of True Detective and Philip K. Dick.‘Easily in the running for the best novella of the year’ – The Fantasy HiveInfamous police detective Julia Torgrimsen is brought out of forced retirement to investigate the murder of Bruno Donaldson, a billionaire she worked with while undercover. But she doesn’t expect to find two bodies. Both are Bruno, identical down to the fingerprints – and both have been shot.She soon finds herself on the hunt for a mysterious assassin who has been taking out London’s rich elite one by one. But when she finally catches up with her quarry, she unveils a world of deadly secrets: impossible documents about future stock market crashes; mysterious doppelgangers; and a conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.To have any chance solving this mystery, Julia will have to revisit her undercover past and the brutal act that destroyed her once-legendary career . . .‘I was so tense I could feel every muscle locking up in my body’ – FanFiAddict‘A sharp, intelligent, and potent shot of sci-fi thriller excellence’ – Ginger Nuts of Horror* * *Readers are gripped by Extremity:‘I didn’t want it to end’ – 5* Goodreads Review‘Excellent, fast-paced, and incredibly fun’ – 5* Goodreads Review‘Totally gripping and I wanted it to be longer as I didn't want it to finish’ – 5* Goodreads Review
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