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Black Dawn by Peter J. Evans

Black Dawn

Peter J. Evans

3.5 out of 5 stars


Woken from 1,000 years in suspended animation, mutant vampire Durham Red has found that an entire religion has built up around her life. The mutants see her as a messiah, whilst the fanatical human Iconoclasts hunt her down as a heretic and abomination.

After a failed attempt to get past an Iconoclast fleet, Red is forced to seek refuge on the planet Purity. It is a harsh world, and the citizens have outlawed all forms of technology. Now something is stirring in Purity's darkest streets: citizens are being slaughtered by a creature of unimaginable strength and ferocity. With techno-heretics on one side and sword wielding inquistors on the other, Red finds herself being hunted...

The final book in the Durham Red Chronocles, sees Red outgunned and outnumbered. Gone are the warring armadas and galactic conflicts spanning time and space, to be replaced by a simple Alien-esque bughunt. The characterisation, style and pace is consistent with the previous books, and if you liked them, then there should be no reason why you don't like this.

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