Extinction Darkness

The Extinction Cycle: Dark Age, Book 4

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Anthony J. Melchiorri

Narrated by: R.C. Bray

Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Darkness descends over the survivors of the Extinction Cycle....

With nowhere left to run, the Allied States fortifies their few remaining outposts and relocates Central Command to prepare for their final stand. President Jan Ringgold and her generals know beating the enemy on the battlefield is impossible. The only path to victory seems to be taking down the leader of the New Gods, a sinister Chimera known as the Prophet, before he can complete his campaign to enslave humanity.

While Captain Reed Beckham trains new troops, his wife Doctor Kate Lovato returns to the tunnels to infiltrate the bioengineered enemy communication network. Injured and exhausted, Master Sergeant Fitzpatrick and Team Ghost make their way back from Canada with a Chimera prisoner that might be the key to finding the Prophet and raising a new army.

In this thrilling conclusion to the Extinction Cycle series, humanity bands together one last time against the Variants. But time has run out for the heroes of the first war to save what remains of the Allied States and, perhaps, the world.

©2020 Nicholas Sansbury Smith (P)2020 Blue Heron Audio

Exceptional!!

I don't know what to say to do this book (and indeed the series) justice. I didn't want it to end but knew it had to. I've found it hard in the last few years to find a series that could capture my attention fully....until I started reading these.

This book has everything I've come to expect from both these authors. Action, edge of your seat suspense, strong characters and a story that will grab you and not let go. Once I started reading i couldn't stop. It was exceptional.

I'll update the review when I've thought a bit on how to fully express my thoughts!!! Take my word for it though, go read this series if you haven't already.

R.C Bray is an amazing narrator. He doesn't just read a book, he performs it and makes it come alive. Every character has their own tone and he knows how to read with emotion behind them.

Allays good when its extinction cycle

kind of a bummer that its getting wrapped up but never know there could be more to come. added side note after listening for a 2nd time . if RC Bray would just go ahead an re read the entire series i could then consider it in the top 3 best stories told on audio of all time . no disrespect .

REALLY ENJOYED IT.

This was a real fun series. My only gripe was that it was a bit predictable in who lived and died. If it had been an episode of Star Trek the non white/ Caucasian characters would have been wearing red shirts.

I managed to that into a fun game by accurately guessing with 95 % accuracy who lived and died.

Good series could use more humor

People use humor to deal with trauma especially soldiers. So it would be more realistic and provide emotional buffer to the frenetic pace of the action.

amazing book.

very rarely do I actually write a review for a book but this one deserves it. every book in this series was fantastic and this ending was the ending that this series needed. by the end you are so enthralled by the characters and the challenges that they have to overcome. do yourself a favor and listen to or read the 4 books in this series. i definitely will listen to this again and I'm looking forward to it.

awesome!

this is a great book! we loved it from the 1st book to the last, it kept you guessing!

great listen

I really enjoyed this series. The narrator did a great job. I look forward to more from this author.

Amazing series

Loved it all. such an epic series. Great writing, story and characters. Thank you for an amazing journey!

Solid end to a good series!

Slightly disappointed in the ending but it was enjoyable and I enjoyed this 4 book set

An exciting conclusion

This book had me gripped from beginning to end. There is so much character development and a truly unique take on the post-apocalyptic genre that it’s hard to not consume it voraciously.

This is one of those books, heck the whole series, is one I wish I could forget so I could listen or read it again for the first time.

There are some sad parts, but overall you come away with more hope for our survivors.

I really hope NSS revisits this world in the future. I truly enjoyed every gripping moment.