Descent (Book 1)

By D.D. Home

Book Overview

YOU'VE FOUND YOUR WAY IN. . .NOW DIE GETTING OUT Lunar Outpost MN 0012 is in the grips of techno-cataclysm. The most complex off-world mining operation in the solar system is in danger of total annihilation, Programmed flying drones have gone berserk, turning on their masters and spreading a hideous plague of devastation and death. An unseen alien force has corrupted the powerful machines as a terrifying first act of war. The moon will fall fist. And after that, the Earth. The Post Terran Mining Corporation needs one man to lead a suicide mission into the labyrinthine depths of MN 0012, to take the battle to the white-hot core of the rebellion. That man is Benjamin St. John--a veteran Maine flyer with nothing left to lose, teamed with a beautiful company flak and his most hated enemy. A stranded computer scientist trapped in the bowels of the moon holds the key to human survival. Her rescue is essential, and St. John is the only man good enough--and crazy enough--for the job.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380793067
• ISBN13: 9780380793068
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Descent = BEST Book

To be honest, I must say that I expected DESCENT to be worse than the game, as it was released after. I was horribly wrong. Every time I read this book (which is several dozen times a year), I feel like i'm really in the cockpit of an illegally modified Pyro-GX, blasting mechs apart with a vengeance. This is the best book I have read in a long time, save for the other two books, DESCENT : Stealing Thunder and DESCENT : Equinox...

You must have it!

Descent the best book in the space. You must have it! Who love game series DESCENT, founded in this book all what want. The best design of this book give pleasure when get it in hands. Well, I'm happy have this book!

Fantastic

I loved this book. I could not put it down once I started, and I took 4 hours out of my Sunday to read the last 150 pages. The strong points overrode the weaker points. I would have loved to see the breifing scene from the game, and would have liked more action, and thought it would have been cool to have more chapters from that Supervisor droid's perspective. (Like, chill dude!) But, the conflict between Dravis and Ornowski...

DESCENT IS OUTSTANDING !

Having played Descent when it first came out in 95 I felt that noone could do a book. But I was wrong. Author Peter Telep has made a great game into a great book. From the begining of the first chapter to the last chapter. I could not put the book down. Back to playing Descent.

Get it...Read it...Get the next one...Read it....

The only problem is Peter should have started this series sooner. If you are a Descenter and haven't read this yet you are missing the Pyro.This should be the start of a very popular series. I hope. Definately 5+ Stars