The Black: Arrival

By: Paul E. Cooley

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

The crew of the deep-sea exploration rig Leaguer discovers oil sweeter, purer, and easier to refine than the fields in Saudi Arabia. To confirm their own analysis of their trillion dollar find, a test barrel is flown from the drill site off the coast of Papua/New Guinea to Houston Analytical Laboratories (HAL).

As the unsuspecting scientists at HAL await the arrival of the oil, they ready their lab for what they know is an important job. They've seen the test results from Leaguer; this find could be history.

While the barrel is on its way to Houston, an "infection" breaks out on the far-away rig. As life aboard the rig descends into chaos, the scientists at HAL make their own discovery—what Leaguer found isn't oil.

Trapped in their labs, the scientists must find a way to fight a creature that defies chemistry, physics, and biology.

The Black: Arrival, a parallel story to the Amazon horror best seller The Black, is a compelling suspense novel that will fill you with claustrophobic dread.

Now that The Black has arrived, will humanity survive?

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intense

The Black: Arrival -is riveting , It had me on the edge of my seat throughout this gripping story. There's danger inside the laboratory, where the scientists are evaluating a specimen from depths of the ocean. Tensions and fears abound when it expands.
New challenges for the scientists in this facility, what is it's molecular makeup? How can they contain it? something sinistery black is lurking within the building. With no safe place to go, they became the hunted. Paul E Cooley writes about the descriptions of their plight, and how this entity takes over is astoundingly intense.
Joe Hempel gripping narration is so good. All the emotions, angst, fears, despair and dangers they all face are felt in this story . very well done.
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Story line. I really wanted them to get rid of the creature. Now I have to listen to Book 3.

Narrator was good. Sometimes I don't finish book just because the voice is irritating. Storyline held my interest.

The Black, Arrival

I didn’t think this book was quite as good as the first one but I still enjoyed it a lot. I’ve already signed up for the next one when it comes out

Good story!

This was a good book. I really liked the idea of M2 interacting and absorbing things. The narrators do a great job telling the story. I will definitely read the next book in the series.

Great addition to series!

This is the second book I've read/listened to by Paul E Cooley. Again, this is not my normal trope to read. I really wanted more after book one though, and was eager to start this book. It wasn't what was expecting. It is the labs "story" of the black thing, so the timeline is simultaneous. It definitely was more fast paced through the whole book versus how book one was written. Having that story really added to this one though. Again, I liked getting to know the characters and the conflicts between them. This definitely ended with the possibility of more to come. I really want a wrap-up of book one as well.

Joe Hempel is an excellent narrator. His performance for both male and female voices is well done! So few have that talent. His performance had the audiobook rolling like a movie in my head, keeping me completely engaged.

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