Abyss

Author: Nicholas Binge

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 14 May 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 160 pages
210 x 141 | 238g

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‘Creepy and claustrophobic’ – The Fantasy Hive* * *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