The Dark Side

De: Greig Beck

Narrado por: Sean Mangan

Hundreds of thousands of miles away on the dark side of the moon, the Russian lunar base has self-destructed – all personnel are dead, except one. Olga Sobakin, the lone survivor, seeks refuge at the rival American base.

Olga tells the Americans her base was attacked by a horrifying and nightmarish creature. The pattern was the same – people vanished, leaving nothing behind but shredded clothing and an unidentifiable waste product. The Americans are sceptical of her story at first, but then people begin to disappear ...

Back on Earth, just before the American lunar base goes completely dark, a single message is received – ‘Lifeform’. Intercepted whisperings from Russian intelligence indicate a deadly spreading attack and a rising global threat. Escalated to priority one, there’s only one team up for the task.

Alex Hunter and his elite group of HAWCs are on a rescue mission to the desolate and darkest unknown. Who, or what, awaits them on the dark side?

©2020 Greig Beck (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing

my review of the dark side

the dark side entertaining but certainly not one of Beck's best and a little over long and repetitive

Lots of Screaming in Space

I was interested to see where things would go given how the last book ended. The Dark Side didn't disappoint. It not only delivered a fantastic follow-up to the cliffhanger at the end of book 8, but it also took Alex Hunter to the dark side of the moon for a John Carpenter-like adventure.

Exciting performance

I have read several of author Greig Beck's book, all have been excellent adventures. This is my first of the Alex Hunter series. I may have to backtrack to find out more about this unique hero. If you are new to the series, I assure you that this is a complete story. At no time did I feel as if I was in the middle of some other story. The Dark Side is excellent in my opinion and difficult to stop reading which is why I also recommend the Audible book performed by Sean Mangan.

Always Entertaining

No one is safe and deaths are AWESOMELY detailed, along with the scientific data to back the story up. Love how the author uses real life events to make films/TV wonderful!

I was enjoying the story till chapter 42

A conversation was held in vacuum, which totally threw my absorption into the story out the window.

Otherwise, it really needs you to have listened to previous books in the series, otherwise, you will be confused.

Enjoying the story (still listening to it)

One complaint or question

the pronunciation of the word adversary. that's all just one word but used A Lot.

The Dark Side

Loved it and hope there will be more. I kept getting the next book to see what was going to happen to Alex.

long pauses

I had to speed the playback up because the narrator had too long of pauses between sentences.

I was underwhelmed with the way things played out

don't get me wrong, the story concept was good, but it felt rushed or condensed the way cinema movies released inbetween blockbusters feel. basically I wish things were fleshed out a bit more. most of the story felt like dialogue without doing all that much. I'm chalking it up to the story setting though and do plan to give the next book in the series a shot when it is out. the story still has potential.

Hope it's not last one

Reminds me of the ‘Thing’ by John Carpenter and the Blob. Bring on the next book.