Watchers of the Dark

By Lloyd Biggle Jr.

Sinister, invisible forces of a secret mental weapon known only as The Dark are threatening the entire Primores galaxy, several transmitting leaps away from Earth. By the time a bizarre Mr. Smith comes to detective Jan Darzek's New York office, whole planets have been lain waste. Darzek is offered a million dollars by Smith to accept a job that will almost certainly be fatal: identify the incredible power that is about to overwhelm the few remaining planets in the beleagered galaxy, so that these worlds might somehow halt the rampage. A superb science fiction novel by a master of the genre!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Release date: Jan 31, 2013
• ISBN: 9781434447500

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Reviews for Watchers of the Dark

[barakketh · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

As before quite enjoyable I liked the idea of instantaneous travel and the way that it was dealt with in the story. Again enjoyed the detective and the insight we get into his decisions.

[meditationesmartini · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Pretty good as these things go, and it hits the sci-fi spot if you're jonesin'. The cover bears no relation to the contents. Also, I love how they thought everything would be the same and they'd be all keepin' women in their place and wearing fedoras and junk, and only science would change, because they had developed the perfect society. But yeah, good read and you don't have to pay attention that much and it's mildly inventive the way he splices "technology changes the world" story with "ultrafuturistic alien civilization comes to Earth, guides, meddles, judges, is judged, and ultimately learns a things or two" tale.

[fruitbat_sf · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Run of the mill private eye story in an SF setting.