Dark Rising - Softcover

Beck, Greig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312599803 ISBN 13: 9780312599805

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2011

Synopsis

When a massive amount of gamma radiation is detected somewhere beneath the desert of Iran, the world is on edge. Is it a nuclear weapon—or worse? Alex Hunter and his highly trained incursion team is on a mission to find out. When they arrive at the ruins of Persepolis, they find an underground facility but no lab, no weapons, no scientists—not even radiation. A black hole has taken everything…

Meanwhile, Iran is preparing for the return of the prophet. Israel is threatening nuclear war. And the details about Alex's special U.S. military venture—code name: Arcadian—have been stolen. Then another gamma spike is detected…and someone, or something, is draining the fluids from the bodies of Iranian soldiers in the desert.

Now it's up to Alex to follow the traces of radiation all the way to the ancient caves of Arak, where he'll come face to face with a creature from his darkest nightmares. Is it game-over for Alex and his team? Or are greater forces at work as the world reaches its natural end—and mankind casts its final judgment?

About this title

About the Author

Greig Beck lives in Australia.

From the Back Cover

a cataclysmic event

When a massive amount of gamma radiation is detected somewhere beneath the desert of Iran, the world is on edge. Is it a nuclear weapon or worse? Alex Hunter and his highly trained incursion team is on a mission to find out. When they arrive at the ruins of Persepolis, they find an underground facility but no lab, no weapons, no scientists not even radiation. A black hole has taken everything

an ancient prophecy

Meanwhile, Iran is preparing for the return of the prophet. Israel is threatening nuclear war. And the details about Alex's special U.S. military venture code name: Arcadian have been stolen. Then another gamma spike is detected and someone, or something, is draining the fluids from the bodies of Iranian soldiers in the desert.

a race against darkness

Now it's up to Alex to follow the traces of radiation all the way to the ancient caves of Arak, where he'll come face to face with a creature from his darkest nightmares. Is it game-over for Alex and his team? Or are greater forces at work as the world reaches its natural end and mankind casts its final judgment?


"Breakneck pace!" Good Reading (4 stars)

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312599803
• ISBN 13: 9780312599805
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294