About the Edge (Paperback)

WINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDNow in paperback! The author of the Ring trilogy that spawned blockbuster movies on bothsides of the Pacific presents a new level of terror with an apocalyptic work that casts the veryearth and skies into doubt.When a team of American scientists tests new computer hardware by calculating the value of piinto the deep decimals, the figures begin to repeat a pattern where there ought to be none. It’smathematically untenable—unless the physical constants that undergird our universe havealtered, ever so slightly…A cascade of missing persons reports, far from being supernatural, threatens to be perfectlynatural—a profound disturbance in being itself—and explodes into a mind trip of a crescendo inthis tale of quantum horror.Koji Suzuki, born in 1957, held numerous odd jobs after college including a stint as a tutor. Thefather of two daughters, he’s also known in his native Japan for his guides on childrearing, anexpertise he acquired as a struggling writer and househusband. Edge is his eighth work toappear in English.Cover Design by Peter Mendelsund