Abyss
A surreal and terrifying corporate horror about the nightmare of the nine-to-five
Published on 14. May 2026
160 pages
978-1-0374-0211-1 (ISBN)
Description
This job will eat you alive.
From the bestselling author of Ascension, Nicholas Binge, Abyss is a creeping, Lovecraftian horror about work, technology and existential dread.
Joe Rice is lost - 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 descend into a surreal nightmare, he'll eventually learn that handing in his notice could have deadly consequences . . .
'The horror book for our modern age' - Grimdark Magazine
'A compelling and haunting read' - SFX
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Praise for Nicholas Binge
'Old-school creepy . . . five-star horror' - Stephen King
'Extremity is a fantastic, twisty, exhilarating novella . . . easily in the running for best novella of the year' - The Fantasy Hive
'Binge is an author to watch' - TJ Klune
From the bestselling author of Ascension, Nicholas Binge, Abyss is a creeping, Lovecraftian horror about work, technology and existential dread.
Joe Rice is lost - 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 descend into a surreal nightmare, he'll eventually learn that handing in his notice could have deadly consequences . . .
'The horror book for our modern age' - Grimdark Magazine
'A compelling and haunting read' - SFX
* * *
Praise for Nicholas Binge
'Old-school creepy . . . five-star horror' - Stephen King
'Extremity is a fantastic, twisty, exhilarating novella . . . easily in the running for best novella of the year' - The Fantasy Hive
'Binge is an author to watch' - TJ Klune
Reviews / Votes
Old-school creepy . . . five-star horror -- Stephen King on <i>Ascension</i> A rollicking good read. Playful, inventive and vivid, with addictive narrative drive -- Lionel Shriver, internationally bestselling author of <i>We Need to Talk About Kevin </i>on <i>Ascension</i> A weird and wonderful horror novel . . . Binge is an author to watch -- TJ Klune, author of <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea </i>on <i>Ascension</i> 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 -- Sunyi Dean, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Book Eaters </i>on <i>Ascension</i> Corporate life is hell in this bleakly witty SF horror novella . . . a current of palpable anger at its heart makes for a compelling and haunting read * SFX * Abyss does a fantastic job of staying uniformly creepy and claustrophobic, drawing its inspiration from a wide variety of sources while remaining trippy as heck. * The Fantasy Hive * The horror book for our modern age . . . I f***ing loved it * Grimdark Magazine * This novella understands the hollow ache of modern life and transforms it into something terrifying, tender, and impossible to forget * Ginger Nuts of Horror *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
File size
0,61 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-0374-0211-1 (9781037402111)
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Nicholas Binge's work has been featured in The New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, and more.
His work has been translated into eleven languages and multiple works are in development for film and television. Ascension, a New York Times Editor's Choice Pick, has been hailed as a must-read '5-star horror novel' by Stephen King, and was a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2023 for Best Science Fiction novel. His novel, Dissolution, described as an 'expertly crafted' puzzle by New Scientist, released to international critical acclaim.
His work has been translated into eleven languages and multiple works are in development for film and television. Ascension, a New York Times Editor's Choice Pick, has been hailed as a must-read '5-star horror novel' by Stephen King, and was a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2023 for Best Science Fiction novel. His novel, Dissolution, described as an 'expertly crafted' puzzle by New Scientist, released to international critical acclaim.
