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Three Days Of Darkness
The Echo is broken...Janet Chamberlain, an aging field operative with the Northern Democratic Union-and Jim Atteberry's ex-wife-is compelled to undertake one last mission: to save their daughter Mary from those who will stop at nothing to scrape her mind for the alien secrets she holds. Chased by the ruthless Benedikt Winter of the Prussian Consortium, and coveted by Titanius CEO Clayton Carter, the Atteberry's search for a way to remove the alien Keechik's knowledge that is destroying Mary's brain.
But time is running out . . .
Against a backdrop of increasing global tension and deteriorating peace in North America, Jim desperately pursues a solution while Janet contemplates the unthinkable: kill their daughter to protect the future of all humanity.
As galactic warfare breaks out, the Echo is conscripted to offer Mary one last chance at life, but Winter is determined to seize both her and the ship to promote his own diabolical vision of the future. Can humanity survive these final three days of darkness?
But time is running out . . .
Against a backdrop of increasing global tension and deteriorating peace in North America, Jim desperately pursues a solution while Janet contemplates the unthinkable: kill their daughter to protect the future of all humanity.
As galactic warfare breaks out, the Echo is conscripted to offer Mary one last chance at life, but Winter is determined to seize both her and the ship to promote his own diabolical vision of the future. Can humanity survive these final three days of darkness?
424 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2020
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August 31, 2020
Absolutely awesome- another one I couldn't put down!!! It could be read as a standalone but I love the connections with the previous books. And if you start with this one, you'll read the other two for sure. Very exciting- a fun read.
June 3, 2021
The first step
These 3 books have given a story about a possibility of first contact. Along with the political issues that might come along with it. How do we as humans deal with a first contact action? How do we do it without the greed for wealth and power? This story line gives us one possibility?
I hope that there could be more books in this universe
These 3 books have given a story about a possibility of first contact. Along with the political issues that might come along with it. How do we as humans deal with a first contact action? How do we do it without the greed for wealth and power? This story line gives us one possibility?
I hope that there could be more books in this universe
July 24, 2023
Overall, I Have to Admit to Disappointment with this Trilogy
OMG! As much as I might want to LIKE this story line, it was VERY DISAPPOINTING to read that the beginning of Book #3 had vastly changed the ending to Book #2! Geeeeeeeeeezzzzzzz!!!
And THEN — How many of YOU, Dear Readers, think you could strap yourself into a chair that’s 90-deg to the floor? That is, if all of a room’s chairs were suddenly attached to a wall, would you be able to climb onto and strap yourself into one (while gravity pulled you DOWN into the real wall)? Well, our friendly Author seems to think this effort can be accomplished by just about everyone in the world (or, in this case, on the surface of the Moon) … I, for one, don’t think it would be that easy to do! (But, feel free to try it, and let me know if you manage better than I predict!)
The Author also uses an entirely different time scale for the Echo’s rescue trip … in Book #2, if was a matter of hours for its trip from Earth-to-Moon … suddenly, in the early part of Book #3 — The Author is talking about “when they’d left Earth several days ago.” — Nah, that’s entirely too long a period of time for how it was described in Book #2; The Author needs to keep his facts straight.
Unfortunately, this book also dove into Earth’s political squabbles, rather than keeping to a good ol’ SciFi environment. Consequently, I couldn’t keep plodding through Book #3, and skipped from Chapter 6 to 39, and convinced myself to read the end of the book — which, frankly, was a good move.
Admittedly, I missed out on a larger segment of the story, but after a few pages — enough was re-told, and I was spared all the intermediate crap. [NOTE: I highly recommend You Other Readers make this kind of leap as soon as you feel comfortable, but maybe pick up at Chapter 38 (which I haven’t read, but I could see might have been a bit of interest).]
I won’t ruin the gist of this series and I won’t tell you about the end of Book #3, but if you want to read about a ho-hum First Contact SciFi story — go ahead and try this Trilogy — but I suspect there might be other, better books that cover the topic.
OMG! As much as I might want to LIKE this story line, it was VERY DISAPPOINTING to read that the beginning of Book #3 had vastly changed the ending to Book #2! Geeeeeeeeeezzzzzzz!!!
And THEN — How many of YOU, Dear Readers, think you could strap yourself into a chair that’s 90-deg to the floor? That is, if all of a room’s chairs were suddenly attached to a wall, would you be able to climb onto and strap yourself into one (while gravity pulled you DOWN into the real wall)? Well, our friendly Author seems to think this effort can be accomplished by just about everyone in the world (or, in this case, on the surface of the Moon) … I, for one, don’t think it would be that easy to do! (But, feel free to try it, and let me know if you manage better than I predict!)
The Author also uses an entirely different time scale for the Echo’s rescue trip … in Book #2, if was a matter of hours for its trip from Earth-to-Moon … suddenly, in the early part of Book #3 — The Author is talking about “when they’d left Earth several days ago.” — Nah, that’s entirely too long a period of time for how it was described in Book #2; The Author needs to keep his facts straight.
Unfortunately, this book also dove into Earth’s political squabbles, rather than keeping to a good ol’ SciFi environment. Consequently, I couldn’t keep plodding through Book #3, and skipped from Chapter 6 to 39, and convinced myself to read the end of the book — which, frankly, was a good move.
Admittedly, I missed out on a larger segment of the story, but after a few pages — enough was re-told, and I was spared all the intermediate crap. [NOTE: I highly recommend You Other Readers make this kind of leap as soon as you feel comfortable, but maybe pick up at Chapter 38 (which I haven’t read, but I could see might have been a bit of interest).]
I won’t ruin the gist of this series and I won’t tell you about the end of Book #3, but if you want to read about a ho-hum First Contact SciFi story — go ahead and try this Trilogy — but I suspect there might be other, better books that cover the topic.
June 15, 2024
A great story, but cardboard cut-out characters
The plot was good, although the outcome was predictable. What I cannot forgive is the dreadful caricature of Dr Lamont, who is supposed to be a Yorkshire woman. It's clear that the author hasn't bothered to speak to anyone from Yorkshire, and most of the time she came over as faux Scottish. A beginner's blunder.
The plot was good, although the outcome was predictable. What I cannot forgive is the dreadful caricature of Dr Lamont, who is supposed to be a Yorkshire woman. It's clear that the author hasn't bothered to speak to anyone from Yorkshire, and most of the time she came over as faux Scottish. A beginner's blunder.
November 18, 2022
Three days of darkness.
The thing about sci fi novels is, you don't want them to end. I sincerely hope the author carries on with this storyline. This part is over for now, but the possibilities are endless. A very good read indeed.
The thing about sci fi novels is, you don't want them to end. I sincerely hope the author carries on with this storyline. This part is over for now, but the possibilities are endless. A very good read indeed.
August 24, 2025
wasted a book to say humans are bad.
No movement of plot for so long it was mystifying. No insight into alien intelligence. No imagination really. And I kind of liked the first two books.
No movement of plot for so long it was mystifying. No insight into alien intelligence. No imagination really. And I kind of liked the first two books.
June 13, 2021
The action in this book never stops with so many plot twists, you don't know where it will end up. An awesome trilogy
November 15, 2021
Awesome!
Please add a new chapter. Don't end it right now.
It's too good of a story to just stop.
In fact several more would be great.
Please add a new chapter. Don't end it right now.
It's too good of a story to just stop.
In fact several more would be great.
December 6, 2021
Interesting science fiction triller , very well written.
Gives a glimpse on our future tech world but humans conflicts don’t change.
Gives a glimpse on our future tech world but humans conflicts don’t change.
February 28, 2024
I have no shame lol
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