
In a stark Viennese hospital, three familiar faces—Chet, Walt and Diane—find themselves bound as captives of the ruthless Schwartzmann. As Chet drifts between fevered recollections of a daring flight to the mysterious Dark Moon and the sterile calm of his recovery ward, fragments of a desperate battle surface: a half‑human adversary, a spear aimed at Diane, and the searing heat of frozen lava. The lingering threat of the enigmatic lunar world hangs over every heartbeat, hinting at a larger danger that still looms beyond the clinic’s walls.
Back in the city’s bright daylight, Chet wrestles with half‑remembered heroics and the unsettling sense that his comrades are still out there, fighting a hidden war. The story balances tense, sci‑fi adventure with a haunting mystery, inviting listeners to piece together the puzzle before the next chapter lifts the veil on the Dark Moon’s true menace.
Full title
Brood of the Dark Moon (A Sequel to "Dark Moon")
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (334K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2010-05-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1884–1966
A trained engineer who turned to pulp fiction, this early science-fiction writer filled Astounding Stories with fast-moving adventures, strange worlds, and high-stakes cosmic threats. His work helped shape the flavor of magazine SF in the early 1930s.
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