Captured, betrayed, and plunging toward a deadly uncharted world-one pilot's shattered spaceship is his only prison... and his only hope.
Master Pilot Chet Bullard is finally recovering from a near-fatal space mission when a deceptive message lures him into a brutal ambush. Taken hostage by the ruthless and greedy billionaire Schwartzmann, Chet watches helplessly as his own revolutionary spacecraft is stolen, along with his best friends, Walt and Diane. Forced to navigate a terrifying journey far beyond Earth's atmosphere, they crash-land on the "Dark Moon"-a mysterious, invisible satellite teaming with savage ape-men, deadly acid fumeroles, and blood-draining reptilian horrors.
Rather than surrender the cosmos to a madman, Chet makes a devastating and split-second choice: he destroys the ship's control board, trapping friend and foe alike on the hostile planet. Now, drastically outnumbered and stalked by clouds of vampire beasts from the stars, the marooned survivors must form fragile alliances and battle their way through the cosmic wilderness just to stay alive.
Why you will love this: Fans of vintage pulp Science Fiction will be utterly captivated by this classic planetary romance. Blending the high-stakes suspense of early space opera with incredible alien ecologies and survival tropes, this exhilarating audiobook delivers non-stop thrills, treacherous villains, and boundless cosmic mystery.
Charles Willard Diffin (1884–1966) was a pioneering American author during the Golden Age of pulp magazines, celebrated for his vividly imaginative stories in 'Astounding Stories'. His early works remain foundational pillars of twentieth-century speculative fiction.
