The Facility

The walk through the park by night, the assault – she can remember all this when she wakes up from her coma. Her memory is absolutely clear: her name is Sibylle Aurich, she’s 34 years old, lives in Regensburg with her husband and child. And yet her waking starts off a nightmarish search for herself. Sibylle may have retained her memory, but the world seems to have lost all recollection of Sibylle. Her husband doesn’t recognise her, an unfamiliar face stares out at her from her own wedding photos, and no one has ever heard of her son Lukas! Has he been kidnapped? Did he never exist? And who on earth can she trust?
This novel is a highly intelligent mind game of the ego: We can doubt everything but our own identity – or perhaps we should?

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  • Publisher: FISCHER Taschenbuch
  • Release: 15.05.2012
  • ISBN: 978-3-596-51245-4
  • 432 Pages
  • Author: Arno Strobel
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Arno Strobel

Arno Strobel, born in 1962 in Saarlouis, is one of Germany’s most successful thriller writers. All his thrillers have been bestsellers. Before dedicating himself exclusively to writing, he spent many years working for a large German bank in Luxembourg. Strobel loves borderline experiences, and likes to share them with his readers. That is why his thrillers are like exciting journeys of discovery into the dark corners of the human soul, and go beyond even the most primal fears. He derives most of his themes from everyday life, and when he cannot shake off an idea and wants to get to the bottom of it with the help of his network of experts, he knows that the foundation of his next book is being laid. He lives as a freelance writer near Trier.