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Backworlds
  • Published: 9 March 2027
  • ISBN: 9781496763631
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $39.99
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Backworlds

  • Jeremy Bates
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For fans of Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter and the survival horror of The Evil Within, bestselling author Jeremy Bates plunges a hapless man into a strange world within the subway tunnels beneath New York City, a subterranean limbo between reality and a nightmare where the only traces of humanity left are fear and the need to escape . . .

For high school teacher Clive Caldwell, it’s a thankless and unremarkable life. Until a day that begins like any other. Against all logic, he falls through the solid wall of a school storeroom and awakens hours later to a familiar world gone strange.

On the streets of Manhattan, he’s unseen and unheard by everyone, except a mysterious woman named Margot. With the unnerving whisper—I hope you’re not afraid of the dark—she ushers Clive into a netherworld of labyrinthine tunnels beneath a city inhabited by a colony of others who have also inexplicably fallen through the cracks. A myriad of lost ones in a purgatory resigned to their godforsaken fates. Not ghosts. Not dead. Not alive.

But as Margot warns, whether it’s here in The Tomb or venturing above ground, rules must be obeyed. Break them and there will be hell to pay. How can it be worse than this? In his need to understand what in the world is happening, Clive dares to find out. The only thing on his mind now is the dangerous desperation to escape. Because the truth that awaits him in this existence, as well as the real one he left behind, is beyond anything he could have imagined.
  • Published: 9 March 2027
  • ISBN: 9781496763631
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $39.99
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Praise for Backworlds

Praise for Jeremy Bates

“A heart-stopping twist on the traditional haunted house story. With The No-End House, Jeremy Bates is at the top of his game.” —Jeff Menapace, bestselling author of the Bad Games series

“The No-End House is like Eli Roth’s Hostel by way of Dante’s Inferno, ushering its protagonists—and the reader—through increasingly bizarre scenarios until the final, excitable denouement. It’s more than just a haunted house novel; it’s a puzzle box of mounting dread. A treat for readers who like their horror served up with a side order of what the hell is going on? Highly recommended.” —Ronald Malfi, bestselling author of Small Town Horror

“Jeremy Bates’s The No-End House is a hell of an adventure. It’s a savage, unpredictable, zigzagging trip through the torturous puzzles of an impossible escape room. Each twist will have you second-guessing the next, and wherever you think the story is heading, you’re wrong. Cruel, dark, and highly recommended.” —David Moody, author of Hater and Shadowlocked

“I could not put down The No-End House. Jeremy Bates is a fearless and vivid storyteller, and the book is a wild, unpredictable ride that delivers thrills, chills, twists, and turns in equal measure. It’s my favorite kind of book—one that steals your heart, keeps you on the edge of your seat, and leaves you thinking long after you’ve turned the last page.” —Luisa Colón, author of Bad Moon Rising and The Burning Class

“I’ve been a fan of Jeremy Bates for a long time, and this is some of his best work. The No-End House is an intense psychological thriller and visceral horror novel that’s full of surprises. What a gripping, immersive experience that kept me guessing to the very end.” —Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards finalist and author of Disintegration and Breaker

“The No-End House is Jeremy’s bid to have the word ‘Horror’ capitalized! Loved this story. It has more twists and turns than the Catacombs of Paris, and it’s twice as grisly! I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I did.” —Mark Tufo, author of the Zombie Fallout series

“Bates brings the atmosphere.” —Publishers Weekly

“Will remind readers what chattering teeth sound like.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Shocking.” —Booklist

“Something to give you chills before you go to bed.” —San Francisco Book Review

“Would make a great screenplay!” —Suspense Magazine

“Will make your skin crawl.” —Scream Magazine


“Reads like a combination of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Clive Barker.” —Midwest Book Review

“Spellbinding.” —Bestsellersworld