A London P.I. investigates the disappearance of a young woman with ties to a secret cult whose roots run deeper than he imagined
Arlo Abbas has never shied away from a challenge. As a private investigator in London with a complicated past, he doesn’t have that luxury. But when he finds £10,000 deposited into his nearly empty bank account and a note stuffed in his mailbox that says “Find Sophie Banik,” he realizes this is no ordinary missing-persons case.
Arlo's search soon reveals that Sophie was murdered five months ago, a clandestine lab is performing human trials that blur the lines between life and death, and an underground organization—part cult, part bizarre scientific experiment—toils toward some unknown end deep in the bowels of the earth.
Nicholas Binge is the bestselling author of Ascension, a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick and Dissolution, which Esquire named one of the best books of 2025. He lives and teaches in Edinburgh.
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A London P.I. investigates the disappearance of a young woman with ties to a secret cult whose roots run deeper than he imagined
Arlo Abbas has never shied away from a challenge. As a private investigator in London with a complicated past, he doesn’t have that luxury. But when he finds £10,000 deposited into his nearly empty bank account and a note stuffed in his mailbox that says “Find Sophie Banik,” he realizes this is no ordinary missing-persons case.
Arlo's search soon reveals that Sophie was murdered five months ago, a clandestine lab is performing human trials that blur the lines between life and death, and an underground organization—part cult, part bizarre scientific experiment—toils toward some unknown end deep in the bowels of the earth.
Nicholas Binge is the bestselling author of Ascension, a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick and Dissolution, which Esquire named one of the best books of 2025. He lives and teaches in Edinburgh.
View titles by Nicholas Binge
