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Starred Review: The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher

Starred Review: The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher

The Burning Dark by AUTHOR“Claustrophobic in mood but with the scope of great space opera, this is sf you will want to read with the light on.”

Adam Christopher’s The Burning Dark got a starred review in Library Journal!

Here’s the full review, from the March 15th issue:

Placeholder of  -66 As his last assignment with the Fleet, Capt. Idaho Cleveland heads to the U-Star Coast City to assist with the space station’s decommissioning. Put in place as a science station around an unusual star known as Shadow, the Coast City also served as a defensive outpost against an implacable and technologically superior enemy known as the Spiders. From Cleveland’s arrival it’s obvious that things are not quite right on the station and the strange purple light from Shadow seems to be making the skeleton crew aggressive and paranoid. Isolated, resented, and bored, Cleveland builds a radio that somehow picks up a signal from across time and space that might be a message—or a warning.

VERDICT This dark and chilling novel from the versatile Christopher (Seven Wonders; Hang Wire) builds tension expertly. Claustrophobic in mood but with the scope of great space opera, this is sf you will want to read with the light on. Although the ending arrives quickly, this is apparently the first book in a new series exploring more of the world of the Fleet and the Spiders.

The Burning Dark will be published on March 25th.