Black Milk

by Darrel William Moore

Prometheus has the chance to bring his wife back from the dead, but doing so will mean the destruction of Earth. Spanning time, planets and dimensions, Black Milk draws to a climactic point in a post-apocalyptic future, where humanity, stranded with no planet to call home, fights to survive against a post-human digital entity that pursues them through the depths of space. Five lives separated by aeons are inextricably linked by Prometheus’s Ystil.3 is an AI unit sent back in time from the distant future to investigate Prometheus’s discovery... The mysterious Lydia has devoted her life to finding a planet that the last remaining humans can call home… Tom Jones (he’s a HUGE fan!) is an AI trapped inside a digital subspace, lost and desperate to find his way back to his beloved in real-time… Dr Norma Stanwyck is a neuroscientist from 24th Century Earth whose personal choices ripple throughout time... Prometheus must learn the necessity of death or the entire universe will be swallowed by his grief.

Genres: Science Fiction

491 pages, ebook

Published August 29, 2016

About the author

I've loved both books and science fiction from an early age so for me it was inevitable I began writing. My influences include Philip K Dick, Dan Simmons, Arthur C Clarke, Ursula Le Guin, Frank Herbert and so many more - storytellers and world-builders. But other, more unconventional sources inspire my writing too, such as anime, music and cult TV shows like the BBC classic Blake’s 7 and the iconic Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I enjoy creating complex characters and then putting them through it - I don't believe in characters getting an easy time. My first novel, Black Milk, was released in 2016 and I published my second, Delphine Descends, in 2019. I'm currently working on my next.

Reviews

[Julian Millsom · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has an interesting and thoughtful story that reminded me a little of cloud atlas as this switches to different places and time periods. The characters have depth and are believable; although I thought the protagonist's name was an inappropriate choice for Victorian England! Some of the concepts were mind blowing such as the broadweb but I don't want to give too much away. I would highly recommend Black Milk to any science fiction reader - definitely one of my favourite books.

[Paul McNeil · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a fan of Darrel’s YouTube channel I was delighted to see he had put pen to paper.
This book is full of believable characters that have depth and a personality that is engaging. The way each story intertwines to a wonderfully unexpected climax is engaging.
I would highly recommend this book to any one who is a sci fi fan…and even those who are not just to show how great this genre can be.

[Devin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I still think about this book all the time, it's been 2 years.

[Giovanni Felice Pace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intense and articulated

A rather compelling story,very well written and especially balanced. Most of the characters are remarkable and will be remembered for a long time.

[FanzWee · Rating 3 out of 5]

The premise of this book is really interesting and even though it has lots of characters I never lost track of who's who even though I have normally trouble remembering too many characters. I liked where the story was going, wanted to know more as I read on and the ending was fine if a little over the top. It's an exciting action and adventure story with some darker aspects and themes. I liked it...

BUT (yes there is a big but) this book needs an editor. I assume it did not have one, if it did they did a really poor job. There are so many typos (SO MANY!!), also lots of sentences that kind of say the same thing with just slightly different words in the same paragraph, actually repeating words in the same sentences and similar things. I'd say at least 1/4th of the book could go without any impact on the story and characters. The story could be a lot tighter and less meandering. And still I really enjoyed it which says a lot about the story. I hope in the future at some point it does get looked at by a proper editor. The story deserves it.

Also I read the ebook version of the book so maybe the print version has less errors in it.

[Owen Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Giving this a very solid 4.5 stars : )

Its clever, interesting, and you see the writing skills develop as he goes - like a journeyman novel maturing on journey.

Will sample his other works : )

[Stephen Mead · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot is happening in the story, but in concludes nicely and overall was enjoyable. I'll definitely check out the authors other books.

[Joe Ford · Rating 1 out of 5]

Garbage