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The second action-packed thriller in the Alex Hunter series
About the Book: Dark Rising
When a sudden burst of radiation is detected beneath the desert in Iran, the world's spy agencies are immediately on alert.
Alex Hunter, code name Arcadian and his elite incursion team are dropped into the ruins of Persepolis. There they find an underground facility but nothing else-no weapons, no scientists-nothing to explain the gamma spike. It is as if a black hole has swept everything away . . . Meanwhile, Israel is threatening nuclear war and the details of America's Arcadian program have been stolen. And someone-or something-is draining the fluids from the bodies of Iranian soldiers in the desert. If a black hole had taken everything, could something possibly have come back?
When another radiation 'event' occurs in Iran, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening. Something that has been warned of in ancient prophecies.
Alex must follow the traces of radiation to the ancient caves of Arak. In these tunnels, hewill come face to face with his darkest nightmares. The clock is ticking down to what istold to be the end of the world and the ultimate judgment of humankind . . .
About the Author: Greig Beck
Greig Beck grew up across the road from Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. His early days were spent surfing, sun baking and reading science fiction on the sand. When he was forced to grow up, he went on to study computer science and later received an MBA. Grieg is the director of a software company but still finds time to write and surf. He lives in Vacuous, Sydney, with his wife, son and an enormous black German shepherd.
Details Of Book : Dark Rising
Book: Dark Rising
Author::Greig Beck
ISBN: 0330534173
ISBN-13: 9780330534178
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2012-05-24
Publisher: Pan Books
Number of Pages: 352
Language: English
Reviews About the Book: Dark Rising
Kathy:
I have to say I enjoyed this book much more than the first book in the series. Alex Hunter and his elete team are sent to Iran to track down the source of a mysterious gamma radiation burst. The characters in the series are getting a bit more firmed out and I'm now happy to read book three and I'm glad now I gave this series a second chance.
John: I read Beck's first book Beneath the Dark Ice and could not put it down. I devoured Dark Rising even faster. I love the Arcadian books and can't wait to get my hands on more.
Ethan: This ambitious novel draws from all of the genres that I love. The story begins as a kind scientific thriller, when a black hole is created in a secret lab in a Middle Eastern desert. The US calls on superhuman Alex Hunter, think Wolverine meets Indiana Jones, to lead a team of the nation's best military agents to assess and destroy this threatening technology. To complicate matters, Israel has sent two agents to assist the US on the mission, and to steal the secrets behind their mysterious Arcadian project.
The opening section of this novel shifts between different points of view during each chapter, and because of this, the story was a bit hard for me to immediately become engrossed in. Once the main objective and characters are established, the book becomes a very fast and action packed read, and the last third of the story really builds a great page turner pace.
By drawing on influences from some of the best military and science fiction traditions, Greig Beck has crafted a wonderfully entertaining, thrill ride of a novel.
Thanks to the author and publishers for the opportunity to read this as part of the First Reads program.
