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Darkness Rising
- An Archangel Project Story
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Series: Archangel Project, Book 5, The Dark Crusade, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
At the edge of the galaxy, a research station has gone dark.
Volka, 6T9, and Carl Sagan are called to help in the rescue mission....a mission that triggers telepathic nightmares in their starship so terrifying battle hardened Galactic Marines breakdown and weep.
They’re about to discover some nightmares are real.
The darkness is rising.
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- Pene Dobell-Brown
- 23-01-2020
Great read
Exciting Sci Fi Series I highly recommend. This book full of adventure, interesting characters, emotional highs and great laughs.
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