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Sci-fi

Pitch Black

by Frank LauriaBook 1 of 2 in Riddick
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Description

A rogue comet spears an earth-bound commercial spacecraft, forcing it to plummet to the surface of an unknown planet. With the captain dead, a brave pilot performs a perilous crash landing. Other than three suns-which create perpetual light-and a slight oxygen deficiency, a search party discovers that the planet isn't much different from Earth... until they stumble across a ghostly settlement littered with the human remains of geologists who mysteriously perished exactly sixty years ago. And the most horrific discovery of all: below the surface of the soil, where darkness reigns, live hungry predators with a deadly appetite. Once every sixty years a solar eclipse darkens the skies and allows the blood-hungry creatures to escape from their underground tomb. With only hours before total blackout, everyone must unite in a race to raise the geologists' abandoned ship before becoming a long-awaited meal...

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
HorrorTerrifying

Details

First published
February 2000
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Language
English
ISBN
9780312975296
Series
Riddick, Book 1

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