Under Darkness

By: Jasper T. Scott

Narrated by: Ben Jaeger-Thomas

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

From the USA Today best-selling author of Dark Space... a series of unrelated stand-alone sci-fi novels; no sequels and no cliffhangers

The sun vanished and darkness fell in the middle of the day, and then the meteors began to fall....

Bill Steele is in the trenches, trying to survive in the competitive world of luxury vacation resorts on the island of Kauai. Today is a particularly bad day; the water main burst and his guests are demanding refunds and promising bad reviews. In the middle of this, a dark shadow falls over the island. It’s not a lunar eclipse, because Bill can clearly see the crescent moon shimmering on the water. This is something else.

Moments later, the meteors begin to fall. One of them lands in the water just beyond the resort. Everyone flees screaming to their rooms, expecting a wall of water to follow, but the tsunami never arrives. Bill and his daughter watch the news from the relative safety of their third-floor suite. The anchorman is fleeing from his hillside vantage point with his cameraman in hot pursuit. Their muffled screams are the last thing anyone hears before the signal is lost....

If you liked the movies Alien and Independence Day, you’ll love Under Darkness.

©2018 Jasper T. Scott (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

slow and no real substance

there are better books out there about first Contact and alien invasion this was just a short story with weak characters. i expected better

Nice surprise

I am pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this book. I am looking forward to reading more of this authors book.

very exciting

I enjoyed this story because it was really good and it came to an end. so I don't have to keep spending credits on another story. that is good. the narrator was good , sometimes I would get confused with specific characters but nothing really bad. the narrator did a fine job.

Awesome

Really enjoyed this story. The characters were great and story itself kept wanting to keep going. It was hard to stop listening when I got out of my car. Highly recommended!

Not what I was expecting but great all the same

This the my first Audiobook voiced by Ben Jaeger-Thomas and he does the narration justice, his voice is clean and easy to listen too as well as having the skill to add much need tension when appropriate something Under Darkness has plenty.

When the story begins you can guess what is going to happen easily enough at first but the events switched up in ways I was not expecting and no I am not going to elaborate.

All in all it is a fun almost 9 hour trip that makes me want to check out more works by Jasper T. Scott.

performance by Ben Jaeger-Thomas is excellent

Never ever overlook a book written by author Jasper T. Scott. If you do, you may miss a gem of science fiction like Under Darkness. This standalone book exceeded my expectations. I was caught completely off guard by the unique twists in the story. I highly recommend this book.
If you are a fan of AudioBooks, the performance by Ben Jaeger-Thomas will not disappoint.

Great story. Better than Independence Day

I really enjoyed this novel. Only marked it down because the narrator did not know how to pronounce irradiate and nuclear, Both important words in the story.

GOOD BOOK

I had no expectations on this book. I really knew nothing of the book or author. I bought in on a whim because it was on sale. After listening to it I was glad I bought it and would have been happy if I had paid full price. I will be getting more from Jasper T. Scott since this book kept my attention all the way through (that's a difficult thing to do).

Not your typical island in the sun

I really enjoyed this audiobook. It had a little something for everybody. What a thrilling alien invasion story. It was almost like The movie Cloverfield meets the video game Dead Island. I found there to be lots of twists and turns throughout this one. There are many side plots which engage nicely with the main alien invasion plot and they all come together at the perfect moment. There is a whole lot of action, a little bit of scary and just enough weird that really makes this one work. The characters are great and you really feel like you know and care about them as the story progresses. Of course there are those characters that you just love to hate and others you just shake your head at but for the most part I really enjoyed following each character and their side plot getting them to the end of this book. There is also a little bit of Island slang language mixed in there that feels really authentic and like the author did his homework. The performance was top-notch in this one and really carries and adds value to the story. There is a wide range of characters of both male and female throughout this one and each voice is done very very nicely. The characters experience a lot of fear in this story and the narrator does a fabulous job portraying this in their voices. This was a very enjoyable listen and a very very ruined vacation for some of the characters.

Great read!

Action packed with twists and turns! Not boring at all! I finished it so fast!