Books
Speculative thrillers, sci-fi and horror by Nicholas Binge — and crime, writing as Nick Brucker.
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Exhumation
“A triumph” — Kirkus
When £10,000 lands in private investigator Arlo Abbas’s nearly empty bank account alongside a note — Find Sophie Banik — he quickly discovers this is no ordinary missing-persons case. Sophie was murdered five months ago. And buried with her is a secret that leads Arlo underground, to strange cults and impossible experiments that blur the line between life and death.
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Abyss
“The horror book for our modern age” — Grimdark Magazine
Severance meets Lovecraft in this surreal tale of corporate horror and existential dread. Joe Rice’s new job at the Ponos corporation seems like just another stop-gap — until he realises the vast Canary Wharf office is empty, and WellBot is watching his every move.
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Extremity
In active development for TV
“Searingly unputdownable” — Fantasy Hive
A time-traveling, end-of-the-world police procedural, Extremity is True Detective if written by Philip K. Dick.
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Dissolution
A best book of 2025 · The New York Times & Esquire
“An expertly crafted puzzle of a story” — New Scientist
A woman dives into her husband’s memories to uncover a decades-old feud threatening reality itself. Soon a major motion picture from Sony Pictures.
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Ascension
New York Times Editor’s Choice · Goodreads Choice Awards finalist
“Old-school creepy… five-star horror” — Stephen King
A mountain appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, leading a group of scientists to a series of jaw-dropping revelations that challenge the notion of what it means to be human.
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Professor Everywhere
Winner · Proverse Prize for Literature 2020
“A cocktail of fantasy, philosophy and ingenious plotting” — South China Morning Post
A sci-fi mystery for fans of Ted Chiang, Susanna Clarke and Sylvain Neuvel.
Writing as
Nick Brucker
Crime & heist thrillers
White Smoke
Soon a major TV series · A24 · Starring Benedict Cumberbatch
The global thriller phenomenon — published in over 30 languages
“One of the most purely pleasurable reading experiences I’ve had for a long time.” — The Telegraph
A page-turning heist thriller set among a group of duplicitous conmen and thieves who are determined to steal the Vatican’s most remarkable treasures.