Exhumation
Format:Hardback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Publishing:22nd Oct '26
£16.99
This title is due to be published on 22nd October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

A mind-bending speculative thriller from the author of ASCENSION, new for 2026
ARLO'S HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING
'Old-school creepy… a five-star horror novel' STEPHEN KING on Ascension
ARLO'S HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING
'Old-school creepy… a five-star horror novel' STEPHEN KING on Ascension
Private Investigator Arlo Abbas wakes up to discover £10,000 suspiciously deposited into his account. Except he’s not been approached with a case and he doesn’t know the sender.
Then, he finds a scrap of paper stuffed through his mailbox. Find Sophie Banik. His investigation leads him to a mysterious cult and the grave of a murdered girl. But there is no body buried there.
Instead, Arlo unearths a coffin full of journals belonging to Liz, a girl who claims to have been underground for sixty-three days and to no longer sleep. Each answer seems to bring new questions: Who is Liz? Can she be telling the truth? What happened to Sophie? And who hired him?
Arlo begins to wonder if he even wants to solve this case, but he doesn't have a choice – it’s been keeping him up at night.
A mind-bending speculative thriller for fans of Blake Crouch and Ted Chiang.
PRAISE FOR NICHOLAS BINGE:
‘An accomplished and clever speculative thriller that explores the limits of human knowledge’
THE TIMES
‘Gripping and intriguing.’
DAILY MAIL
‘Jaw-dropping’
COSMOPOLITAN
‘Binge’s eerie speculative thriller looks both outward at the edges of scientific understanding, and inward at the meaning of responsibility, remorse and the human capacity for salvaging mercy from tragedy.’
THE WASHINGTON POST
‘Myth, physics, religion and human nature…it’s all there in this brilliant, brain-twisting, high-concept tour-de-force that keeps you reading just as the scientists in the story are compelled to keep climbing.’
DAILY MAIL
'Binge is an author to watch and if his subsequent novels are anything close to ASCENSION, I'll be reading every single one. A fantastic achievement that'll make me look at my beloved mountains twice.’
TJ Klune, New York Times bestselling author
‘Binge has written a profound and elegiac story that examines science, faith and the concept of humanity itself… I will be thinking about this one for a long time!’
Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS
‘A rollicking good read. Playful, inventive and vivid, with addictive narrative drive. Astonishingly accomplished.’
Lionel Shriver, bestselling author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
‘Both the science and the suspense are perfection, all held together by a robust emotional core. I enjoyed it immensely’
Tade Thompson, award-winning author of ROSEWATER and FAR FROM THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN
‘A real page turner; Binge is an author to watch.’
Richard Swan, author of THE JUSTICE OF KINGS
‘Ascension is a thrill ride of a novel that kept me reading well past my bedtime’
Michael Mammay, author of the PLANETSIDE SERIES
ISBN: 9780008668877
Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 21mm
Weight: 270g
448 pages