Dark Sky
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4.5 • 28 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
In the sequel to the thrilling Dark Run, which Publishers Weekly called “a terrific debut,” Ichabod Drift and his crew sign on for a new smuggling job that soon goes south when they are separated and caught up in a dangerous civil war.
When Ichabod Drift and the Keiko crew sign on for a new smuggling job to a mining planet, they don’t realize what they are up against. The miners, badly treated for years by the corporation, are staging a rebellion. Split into two groups, one with the authorities and one with the rebels, Drift and his crew support their respective sides in the conflict. But when they are cut off from each other due to a communication blackout, both halves of the crew don’t realize that they have begun fighting themselves…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this heart-stopping sequel to Dark Run, what should be a straightforward retrieval mission for the crew of the spaceship Keiko becomes a scramble for survival. Capt. Ichabod Drift and his crew are offered a perfectly legal run to the mining planet of Uragan to retrieve some data files before the next superstorm hits, which sounds like easy money. The first sign of trouble comes when Tamara Rourke, Ichabod's partner and a former secret agent, spots the ship of their rival, Ricardo Moutinho, already in Uragan City's spaceport. A run-in with Moutinho's people and a misunderstanding with the local constabulary do nothing to prepare them for the revolution that kicks off while the Keiko's crew are separated five levels below the surface with a megahurricane raging above. Ichabod and the Chang siblings, mechanic Kuai and pilot Jia, decide to throw in with the police; Tamara, computer whiz Jenna McIlroy, and muscle Apirana Wahawaha become embroiled with the insurgents. Brooks writes action that is nearly nonstop and pleasingly varied while still allowing time for character description and development. This is a great space-rogue adventure in a setting with vast potential for further stories.
