Under the Night
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'A masterpiece.' Stav Sherez, author of The Intrusions
'A thrilling ride.' Irish Times
1950s Manhattan: the CIA carries out a covert study of psychoactive drugs. Ad man Ned Sweeney is dosed with MDT-48, and finds his horizons dramatically expand. . .
Sixty years later, all that Ray Sweeney knows of his grandfather's life is that he committed suicide. But then Ray meets a retired government official, who claims he can illuminate the truth behind Ned's death.
Both a sequel and a prequel to The Dark Fields, which was adapted into the hit movie Limitless, Under the Night explores the seductive power and dangers of unlocking the human mind.
Alan Glynn
ALAN GLYNN is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. His first novel, The Dark Fields, was republished as Limitless and simultaneously released as a film of the same name in March 2011, and was subsequently developed into a TV series by CBS. The winner of the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award and a finalist for an Edgar Award, Glynn is also the author of Winterland, Bloodland, Graveland, and Paradime. He lives in Ireland.
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