Europa

De: Greig Beck

Narrado por: Sean Mangan

The first mission to Europa – Jupiter's enigmatic moon – has landed, and humanity’s darkest fears are about to awaken.

For years, mankind has speculated that this frozen world harbours a hidden ocean twice the size of all Earth’s oceans combined – an ocean potentially teeming with life.

Driven by this tantalising mystery, they venture forth to unlock its secrets. But what they discover in the abyssal depths is far beyond anything they could have imagined.

Nearly 400 million miles from Earth, their search for life has succeeded. But in their triumph, they overlook the most terrifying truth: what they have found is something far older and more horrifying than they ever could have conceived. Something has been trapped in the dark for eons – watching, and waiting, for them.

Now, the crew stands at the threshold of unimaginable terror, realising too late that Hell, in its purest form, is cold.

©2025 Greig Beck (P)2025 Bolinda Publishing

Ok, story, but characters are not very bright.

Story was cool, but the characters make very dumb decisions considering that they are supposedly scientists and astronauts.

A Good Book but a Little Off

The listen was enjoyable enough, the usual fare for the author and narrator, but the story was… I can only say “off”, somehow. Plot threads were left dangling, and the story had a “canned” quality about it. That is the best I can describe it. Good, but not their best work.

Great concept. Intelligent characters that somehow make the dumbest decisions ever.

The charecters are made to be really dumb and shortsighted, considering they are scientists and astronauts.
The monster design is intresting but is unbalanced. Which I believe is the reason for the weird smart character having to make dumb decisions to progress the story.
The concept is really good, and has a lot of potential. However probably best to start over as a standalone story.

Overall a decent listen.

Good story

Not a huge fan of the narrator. The story is good but obvious. Not his best work by far. Still love this author

Horror and Monsters

If you liked the Alien, you might like this book. Creepy, predictable and took a lot of people doing stupid things to make a story advance. I have a lot of ideas for you to do

Space Odessy gone wrong

Gripping and wonderful unexpected twists
The reader never sees it coming, the plot is well executed.

Loved it! Fathomless, in space

This book reminded me so much of the first two fathomless stories, which are my favorite Beck novels. Excellent story, gripping tension, strong characters, and one scary creature. The odds are completely impossible and the stakes are always sky-high. There are a lot of twists and turns that you might not see coming. Creature feature fans will love this- would listen to this one again for sure.

Spoiler! Just let the monster win

Pretty enjoyable read overall, but the ending leaves a bad aftertaste. Some times you just got to let the monster win.

narration

narrator was monotone. mispronounced words and at times almost sounded like he had a speech impediment.

nice twist

loved pace pace and story. inventive take on classic sci-fi theme. worth the read