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Cover of I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom: A Novel

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom: A Novel

Jason Pargin ()

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageStrong

Trigger warnings

AnxietyTerrorismPolitical ViolenceDeceptionManipulation

Positive tags

MysteryDark HumorRoad TripUnlikely Partnership

Tropes

DystopiaSocial SFMorally Gray ProtagonistReluctant HeroFound FamilyFish out of WaterMacguffin Object

Themes

Social Media and MisinformationParanoia and AnxietyTruth vs PerceptionTrust and DeceptionModern American SocietyCivil UnrestThe Power of Rumor

Synopsis

THE INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin. Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. But there are rules: He cannot look inside the box. He cannot ask questions. He cannot tell anyone. They must leave immediately. He must leave all trackable devices behind. As these eccentric misfits hit the road, rumors spread on social media that the box is part of a carefully orchestrated terror attack intended to plunge the USA into civil war. The truth promises to be even stranger, and may change how you see the world.

Tags

ThrillerDark ComedyContemporary SFRoad TripSatirical