RecursionBy: Blake Crouch 'Action packed, brilliantly unique' Andy Weir, author of The Martian A compulsive, mind bending exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is a breathtaking thriller from the author of Dark Matter, Blake Crouch. At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. But the force thats sweeping the world is no pathogen.