
Synopsis
What would you undo if you could change the past?
Extremity is a nail-biting, time-travelling police procedural from bestselling author Nicholas Binge. For fans of True Detective and Philip K. Dick.
‘Grand, unputdownable, exhilarating . . . easily in the running for the best novella of the year’ – The Fantasy Hive
Infamous police detective Julia Torgrimsen is brought out of forced retirement to investigate the murder of Bruno Donaldson, a billionaire she worked with while undercover. But she doesn’t expect to find two bodies. Both are Bruno, identical down to the fingerprints – and both have been shot.
She soon finds herself on the hunt for a mysterious assassin who has been taking out London’s rich elite one by one. But when she finally catches up with her quarry, she unveils a world of deadly secrets: impossible documents about future stock market crashes; mysterious doppelgangers; and a conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
To have any chance solving this mystery, Julia will have to revisit her undercover past and the brutal act that destroyed her once-legendary career . . .
‘I was so tense I could feel every muscle locking up in my body. This was what if Christopher Nolan directed an episode of X-files or Fringe and I sincerely want more’ – FanFiAddict
‘A sharp, intelligent, and potent shot of sci-fi thriller excellence’ – Ginger Nuts of Horror
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Readers are gripped by Extremity:
‘A wild race against time, clever and impossible to put down’ – 5* NetGalley Review, August 2025
‘A perfect balance of action, mystery and jeopardy’ – 5* NetGalley Review, August 2025
‘A great read, lots and lots of action’ – 5* NetGalley Review, August 2025
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Reviews
Old-school creepy . . . five-star horror
A rollicking good read. Playful, inventive and vivid, with addictive narrative drive. Astonishingly accomplished
Binge has written a profound and elegiac story that examines science, faith and the concept of humanity itself – what it means to live and die, to yearn and strive, and all the spaces in between. I will be thinking about this one for a long time
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