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

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

Paperback (18 Nov 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Bonus paperback content - an excerpt from the new John Dies at the End book, coming in fall 2026!

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.

About the Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

The Griffin list features a wide range of contemporary paperbacks (some original publications, others published in conjunction with the St. Martin's Press hardcover list), and includes hundreds of bestselling works of fiction-from commercial, literary, and graphic (illustrated) novels to titles of African American and young-adult interest. The hallmarks of Griffin's varied nonfiction publishing program extends to such categories as: Biography and memoir, pop-culture and politics, business and self-help, humor and reference, gay and lesbian, health and fitness, home and travel (including the Let's Go® guides), crafts and hobbies, nature and medicine, New York Times crossword puzzles and Will Shortz's sudoku, and much more.

Book information

ISBN: 9781250879981
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 416
Weight: -1g
Height: 210mm
Width: 137mm
Spine width: 25mm