The Darkness Below

Bionicle Adventures #3

by Greg Farshtey

New heroes. New villains. A new mission.
Share in the legend with books based on LEGO's BIONICLE action figures.


The Toa Metru are nearly powerless after their defeat of the Morbuzakh but they cannot rest. Instead they must venture underground to save the city of Metru Nui's Archives. The Archives contain the history of the city, the Matoran and even the Toa. However, a flood has allowed all kinds of creatures that are normally kept in stasis there to escape and now the Toa must battle them to survive.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Childrens, School, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

96 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

Greg Farshtey is the author of the popular BIONICLE chapter books and Level 3 readers, as well as the long-running BIONICLE comic book series. His day job is Editor-in-Chief and head writer for the LEGO Club Magazine and the LEGO BrickMaster Magazine.

Greg has been writing since fourth grade. After earning a degree in Communications from the State University of New York at Geneseo, he worked as a reporter, sports editor, game designer and editor, and copywriter before joining LEGO Company in 2000. Before becoming involved with BIONICLE, he wrote game material for such diverse properties as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Tales From the Crypt.

Greg is the author of more than 30 novels and guidebooks, as well as the author or co-author of more than 35 game sourcebooks and adventures.

He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Far...

Reviews

[Leonardo]

The Bonkle novel hits its stride with this entry. The squabbles of the Toa Metru come to a head as the Krahka seeks to destroy the team’s unity by assuming their shapes and preying on their trust. That plus close encounters with monsters in the tunnels beneath the city make for a good dungeon crawl narrative.

[Ben]

Meaningful character moments. Spelling mistakes

[J.B. Mathias]

Story was just ok, seemed like all they did was stumble around in bland uninteresting tunnels and fight an overpowered but somehow still lame villain. Also they do retcon with the Rahkshi I thought they were the sons of Makuta and were basically created for the events on mata nui but here they're treated like just some creature that roams all over the world and comes in different forms with new powers. I do like that they still show that this is a series of flashback tales and they still bring us back to the original toa on their way to metru nui.

[Sully Leier]

this is when the Toa Metru truly become a team. The antagonist being a shapeshifter is a really great way to sow division mong the group and leads to some very fun sequences.

[Kevin Regimbal]

Nostalgia again

[Patrick Anderson]

The Darkness Blow by Greg Farshtey is a thrilling and exiting novel in which six brave heroes face a formidable and crafty opponent deep underground. Sprinting through tunnels, battling a shapeshifter, and many other exiting adventures await in this exhilarating novel. This is an excellent read and will really get your heart pumping! I recommend this book for boys of any age and I didn't hesitate for a second when rating this masterpiece of a graphic novel. This book deserves 5 stars, no doubt!

[Jerome Otte]

Another fine Bionicle tale, with the Toa venturing underground and dealing with the various Rahi and monsters there, all of whom have a creepy, megalomanical feel to them. The writing works for the story’s purposes, but isn’t enthralling or anything.

[Ivan Matthew]

NOTHING NOTHING

[The Children's]

JSF BIO bk.3

[Kayla]

Favorite series in elementary school

[Viola Sung]

I LUVVVVV THIS SERIES!!!!!!!!!! Why did it ever have to stop?? LEGO you should've kept it going!