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y separately published work icon Return of the Prophet single work   novel   thriller   horror  
Alternative title: Dark Rising
Is part of Alex Hunter Greig Beck , 2009 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Return of the Prophet
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When a massive amount of gamma radiation is detected somewhere beneath the desert of Iran, the world is on edge. Is it a nuclear weapon—or worse? Alex Hunter and his highly trained incursion team is on a mission to find out. When they arrive at the ruins of Persepolis, they find an underground facility but no lab, no weapons, no scientists—not even radiation. A black hole has taken everything...Meanwhile, Iran is preparing for the return of the prophet. Israel is threatening nuclear war. And the details about Alex's special U.S. military venture—code name: Arcadian—have been stolen. Then another gamma spike is detected...and someone, or something, is draining the fluids from the bodies of Iranian soldiers in the desert. Now it's up to Alex to follow the traces of radiation all the way to the ancient caves of Arak, where he'll come face to face with a creature from his darkest nightmares. Is it game-over for Alex and his team? Or are greater forces at work as the world reaches its natural end—and mankind casts its final judgment?

[Source: Greig Beck's website]



Notes

  • This novel was originally published in trade size hard copy as Return of the Prophet, and only in Australia. It has since been re-released globally as Dark Rising.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 2011 .
      image of person or book cover 6219611565429307772.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Alternative title: Dark Rising
      Extent: 470p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 01 January 2011
      ISBN: 9780330403917 (pbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      St. Martin's Press ,
      2011 .
      person or book cover
      source: www.angusrobertson.com.au
      Alternative title: Dark Rising
      Extent: 294p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 02 August 2011
      ISBN: 9780312599805, 0312599803
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Pan ,
      2012 .
      person or book cover
      Source: www.angusrobertson.com.au
      Alternative title: Dark Rising
      Extent: 470p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 24 May 2012
      ISBN: 9780330534178, 0330534173
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Momentum Books , 2022 .
      image of person or book cover 6245013772679914996.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Alternative title: Dark Rising
      Extent: 480p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 13 September 2022

      ISBN: 9781761264986
Alternative title: La Esfera de Arak
Language: Spanish
    • Madrid,
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      Spain,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      La Factoría de Ideas ,
      2015 .
      image of person or book cover 3759700417943599141.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: 9788490187081p.
      Note/s:
      • Published June 5th 2015
      ISBN: 9788490187081

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Works about this Work

Greig Beck – Author Interview 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , August 2010;
Of Spooky Sleuths and Sinister Soldiers Jeff Popple , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 May 2010; (p. 14)

— Review of Return of the Prophet Greig Beck , 2010 single work novel
Of Spooky Sleuths and Sinister Soldiers Jeff Popple , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 May 2010; (p. 14)

— Review of Return of the Prophet Greig Beck , 2010 single work novel
Greig Beck – Author Interview 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: The Australian Literature Review , August 2010;
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