A Thousand Natural Shocks

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Pub Date May 06 2025 | Archive Date Not set

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Description

Omar Hussain’s dazzling debut, A Thousand Natural Shocks, is a mesmerizing meditation on trauma, memory, and identity wrapped in a high-octane thriller.


Dash, a reporter in Monterey, California, is desperate to outrun his past. During the day, he investigates the reemergence of a long-dormant serial killer. At night, he has become entangled with a criminal cult that promises a pill to erase his traumatic memory.


But as Dash begins to lose his memories—and his sense of self—he discovers a dark secret about the cult, one that would horrify its members. And soon he finds himself in a race against time to evade the cult, unveil the killer, and reconcile his past before his own memories fade away ...

Omar Hussain’s dazzling debut, A Thousand Natural Shocks, is a mesmerizing meditation on trauma, memory, and identity wrapped in a high-octane thriller.


Dash, a reporter in Monterey, California, is...


A Note From the Publisher

Omar Hussain is a writer from the San Francisco Bay Area currently living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He holds an MFA in creative writing from NYU. A Thousand Natural Shocks is his first novel.

Omar Hussain is a writer from the San Francisco Bay Area currently living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He holds an MFA in creative writing from NYU. A Thousand Natural Shocks is his first novel.


Advance Praise

“Omar Hussain’s A Thousand Natural Shocks is the most fun reading experience I’ve had in years. It’s a Tarantino movie in book form. And that doesn’t mean it skimps on the ‘book’ part of the equation: it’s smart, lyrical, penetrating, and literary as hell. But it also comes with 8,000 volts of sizzle. You’ll want to read this before everyone else starts talking about it. Just prepare to have your hair singed.”

Darin Strauss, internationally bestselling author of Half a Life




“Omar Hussain’s A Thousand Natural Shocks is the most fun reading experience I’ve had in years. It’s a Tarantino movie in book form. And that doesn’t mean it skimps on the ‘book’ part of the...


Marketing Plan

  • Author will hire an ourside PR firm to help promote
  • Has Forbes column that he will use to the extent allowed to tease the book 
  • Plans on building his social media following through this year
  • Open to making video/trailers to help promote the book.  

  • Author will hire an ourside PR firm to help promote
  • Has Forbes column that he will use to the extent allowed to tease the book 
  • Plans on building his social media following through this year
  • Open to...

Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9798212979139
PRICE $26.99 (USD)
PAGES 352

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