The Dark Spring: Hard Science Fiction

Written by Brandon Q. Morris

Narrated by Steven Vox

When a space probe returns from the dead, you better not expect good news.

In 2014, the ESA spacecraft Rosetta lands a small probe named Philae on 67P, a Jupiter-family comet. The lander goes radio silent two years later. Suddenly, in 2026, scientists receive new transmissions from the comet. Motivated by findings that are initially sensational but soon turn frightening, NASA dispatches a crewed spacecraft to the comet. But as the ship approaches the mysterious celestial body, the connection to the astronauts soon breaks. Now it seems nothing can be done anymore to stop the looming dark danger that threatens Earth ...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hard-SF.com
• Release date: Oct 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669606994

Reviews for The Dark Spring

[caytlain hewitt · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not a bad read, but in the end I feel like the problem was not resolved or at least we'd never knew that it was. The narrator did a great job.