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This book sounded so good, but I was mistaken. NOT that it wasn't a good read, but I would've liked to know that it was a second book. I'm sure it would've been an ok stand alone, but I like to read and invest in the depth of the characters, so I was unable to start this read. Thank you for the early opportunity though!

What happens when the government decides they want to make super soldiers and their test subjects are of a less then stellar moral code? A whole lot of chaos.

As a sequel to Reardon’s Prometheus Man, its stands solidly enough on its own if you haven’t had the opportunity to read the first book, you’re not going to feel lost.
I don’t know that I would technically call this dystopian but it certainly has the feel of something a little post apocalyptic. The writing suffers a bit do to the quickness of the storytelling. I wouldn’t consider the characters to be terribly developed, nor the world building itself. There’s plenty of violence and gore to be had. If you’re into action based books, this will be up your alley.

I really enjoyed this book. It started out intense which held my interest. I couldn't put it down. Trigger warning the violence in it was very graphic which for me i enjoyed. I highly recommend this book if you love this genre. i finished it in two days. thank you netgalley for the eARC.

3.5 Stars!

This is the second book in the Prometheus Man series. I bought the first one just because I'm a virgo and have to do things in order, but this book can stand alone.

Great storyline, incredibly action packed! Great character development of Karl and Tom. (Love Tom). Trigger warning if you can't handle blood, guts, and gory. Also scary was the parallels that could be drawn about the pandemic and "the reset", given this was released before all hell broke loose, it is ironic.

I'm holding back a star and a half because the writing was sometimes confusing, so I didn't immediately love this book. It also isn't my typical genre, but I can see the correlations that some reviewers have made to Michael Crichton.

A special thank you to NetGalley, Aspen Press, and Scott Reardon for providing me with an ARC.

The Dark Continent is about a group of prisoners with death sentences and taken by researchers in a section of the government. The fifteen cons are being tested to have certain skills increased within their bodies. During a rough storm they escape taking a doctor with them. They manage to create murder and huge mayhem causing a blackout that went through majority of the United States. They storyline and plots are full of many twists and turns that it can be hard to put down. For me the book begins a little slow and can confuse a reader as we’re not given much information on what’s occurring or even has occurred. It was a few chapters in and I began to understand what the research was about, and then wanted to keep reading to see what the test subjects were deciding to do. I understood more of what was happening or happened during the introduction of Tom and Karl’s stories. As I read more chapters I viewed events that caused people to steal, pillage, banding together to fight which gave the storyline an impact of similarities to being apocalyptic middle and ending to the story. A cliffhanger which leaves a confusing ending and unanswered questions as I am left wondering on what happened to certain characters. I’m looking forward with baited breath in hope there will be another book with answers to unanswered questions. Great book for readers who love to read the genres of mystery & thrillers and sci fi & fantasy; this book is similar to the end of time or apocalyptic style storyline.

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Full of action and suspense! The Dark Continent is an incredibly high octane ride from beginning to end. The author has the incredible ability to take what on the surface appears to be an unbelievable plot and make it seem like it could be a plausible reality.

Dark Continent (Prometheus Man #2) by Scott Reardon
Rating ***** 5 +
I haven’t read Prometheus Man, the first book in the series but I certainly intend to. Not because I think you need to read it first but because Dark Continent is such an excellent novel. Scott Reardon go to the top of the class.
An amazing novel with full on action and suspense, horrifying descriptive narrative, a total page turner.
The characters are well developed, flawed and scary, real scary. Egotistical, power seeking, sick; no amount of “paths” could describe them; sociopath, psychopath.... Then there were Tom Reese and Karl Lyons, flawed themselves but given a deadly assignment from which there is no return.
A hard hitting strong plot kept me awake.
Highly recommended both the novel and Scott Reardon. My thanks to Scott Reardon, Aspen Press and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book and in return I have given an honest and unbiased review.

More detail could have been added to the first half of the book. This one isn’t what I was expecting at all. The was a follow up book to The Prometheus Man which I didn’t know going into it. You don’t NEED to read it but it would make it a better reading experience I would think.

This is certainly action packed and fast paced, but it really failed to keep my attention. The preface states it and the first book in the series can be read in any order, but I can’t helped feeling I’d have been less confused if I’d read the first.
The prose itself is good, and the action scenes are vividly described. The problem is the plot feels like a series of events rather than a coherent narrative and it’s much too similar to other familiar books like The Bourne Identity.

Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the review copy!

WOW this book! This was graphic so know that going into it but I loved this story so much. It gave me all feels I was looking for. I could even see reading this in October or around Halloween but I couldn't wait so I had to read when it when I got approved! This plot was solid and the story was strong. The author did a great job telling this story and so easy to follow. I will keep an eye on out of other works by this author.

I highly recommend this read!

I did not read the first in this series and you can skip it also. This was an interesting premise with intriguing characters.

I did not read the first book. There I said it. It was a surprise to me, that I didn't really need to, I wasn't lost at all. This book really packs and punch from the start. It starts fast paced and keeps the adrenaline flowing throughout the book. It was a bit dystopian, a bit sci fi, and a bit horror all wrapped up in a package. It was certainly an interesting read. I gave it 3 stars.

The government decides to test its super serum on 15 inmates at a secluded place - an old oil rig in Alaska. When 14 of them go rogue and cause chaos and destruction, its up to Karl Lyons to track down the only successful super soldier - Tom Reese. Now the pressure and adventure of saving America falls into the hands of these two gentlemen.

The Dark Continent is an action, adventure, suspense thriller with dystopian notes. Being the second book in the Prometheus man series, I felt it’s completely fine to read this as a stand-alone novel. There’s equal importance to characters, depth to the story and for a super human, I loved how Tom is mysterious and emotional. There are some chilling scenes that made my heart race, but some parts around the middle felt like a drag. The author has included many details of the past experimental trials, their results and the povs of the superiors, which was super cool to read. Overall, this is an entertaining novel of an experiment gone wrong! Officially Scott Reardon is one of the authors you want to watch out if you like action thrillers.

4/5⭐️

Thank you Scott Reardon, Aspen Press and Netgalley for the arc. This is my own honest opinion.

This is the second in a series but can apparently stand alone as an independent novel. A top secret government experiment that could go horribly wrong has done just that. Augmenting serial killers on death row is a bad choice, especially when they decide to destroy the entire country.
Suspense, gore, military action, and the occasional small emotional moments make this a page-turning roller coaster ride of doom, and thoroughly enjoyable.

There are many things happening at the same time in The Dark Continent, it has a lot of action and a super badass villain.
On an oil rig in Alaska 15 death row, inmates are subjected to government testing which causes super strength, like captain America super-soldier serum. In a storm, they all escape and it is up to Tom and Karl to destroy them before they continue to create chaos and destruction in North America.
This is the second book in a series, the first being the Prometheus Man. I started reading it not having read the first, although it is not necessary to read it in the same order. This book was very entertaining and it has one of the most terrifying and anxious scenes I have ever read. The entire book has you in pure suspense until the end.
4 stars for me.
Thanks to Netgalley and Aspen Press for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

I haven't read the first book in the series I was afraid I'd be lost butI wasn't. I would say all in all it was a great book that will take you on a rollercoaster ride.

I really struggled with this one, it was too horrific to keep reading. It is a shame as I enjoy Sci Fi books but there are depths to which I won't go.

Title: The Dark Continent
Author: Scott Reardon
Publisher: Aspen Press
ISBN: 9781733240420
Edition: E-Book
Publication date: 28/01/2020

Content:
"On an oil rig off the coast of Alaska, fifteen test subjects, all of them death-row inmates, have joined a gruesome experiment with unprecedented implications.
Government researchers are attempting to enhance the human body, but they change the men into something else instead. Led by a mysterious figure who evokes Colonel Kurtz and Satan from Paradise Lost, the subjects escape and bring the United States to its knees.
Only two men can stop them, Tom Reese and Karl Lyons. Tom and Karl will have to cross an America on the brink of collapse. And at the end they’ll experience the horror of the dark continent."

Opinion:
The story is full of action, which makes it a perfect example for a page turner. The pacing of the author is amazing and makes one read more and more. Also, there are numerous plot lines put together for an epic and unexpected showdown at the end. The protagonists are skillfully described and introduced. Actually, with all the details already given in the text, one could make a great movie out of this!

Conclusion:
This book is so amazing! I can't think of any reason why people shouldn't read it, so I totally recommend it to all fans of thrilling adventures and action!

There are 15 men from death row on an oil rig off the coast of Alaska. They are being experimented on trying to make them into super powerful men that will fight in wars. There is one exception as these men will die when they are done experimenting. The men don’t survive their successful experiments due to what the doctors/researchers have done to them. It shortens their life. Supposedly the oil rig has been made impossible to escape from, but the prisoners do. They planned on making the country not to forget the comfort of living free. One prisoner from the very beginning of these experiments then in Canada has been alive And is with his girlfriend. Will he live to be an old man? Will the escaped prisoners succeed in their plan?

The novel is upsetting for me as they did genetic experiments. The prisoners hope to have people go backward so it becomes a society of “kill or be kill.” As I watch on tv, I fear this book made make you think about what could happen.