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
Buchcover von The Facility: Psychothriller
Arno StrobelThe Facility
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Arno Strobel

Arno Strobel (b.1962), is one of Germany’s most successful thriller writers. Known for pushing psychological boundaries and tapping into our deepest primal fears, he is a perennial #1 SPIEGEL bestselling author with over 3.4 million copies sold. Strobel meticulously researches his gripping narratives, working closely with a vast network of police and medical experts to ground his high-stakes plots in authentic procedural detail. Beyond his writing, he is a dedicated advocate for victim protection, actively supporting the prominent victims' rights organization Weisser Ring .