Lake of Darkness

By: Adam Roberts

Narrated by: Matt Addis

Good is a construct. Evil is a virus.
The Starship Sa Niro and the Starship Sß Oubliette were in orbit around a black hole, one afternoon... by the end of the day, the crews of both starships were dead, victims of a single killer: Captain Alpha Raine.
Raine claims he's acting under the command of a voice emanating from the black hole: Mr Modo. No one believes him.Everyone knows that things go into black holes; nothing comes out.
But something inexplicable has been happening to Raine, and whatever it is seems to be spreading. An historian studying serial killers from the 21st century interviews him... and then nearly kills someone herself. It becomes increasingly undeniable that there's something inside that black hole... and it's found a way out...©2024 Adam Roberts (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited

In the spirit of the best science fiction

I love when science fiction is a vehicle for pondering what people would do in unusual/futuristic circumstances. I found this an entertaining and different perspective on various tech and society trends that might be in our future. I loved the book!

Simple prose, mind bending plot

Easy to read
Simple characters
Black hole stuff
Not super hard sci fi, more cosmic horror, cosmic void
Some parallels to remembrance of earths past but different

Not sure what to make of it. Love the premise.

I love the premise. I feel like the book did not go anywhere interesting as far as characters are concerned. Conceptually, would have been better as a mystery.

Loved all the science stuff about black holes

Not sure about the way the story moved to a religious explanation. The science stuff was great.

Engaging story, crazy characters and great narration.

Engaging but bloody gory story. Not for the faint hearted. It has a lot of mystery, science about black holes, but also a lot of horror and death. I didn't like all the biblical stuff. The author writes very well, I've enjoyed some of his other books too