Deep Gravity TPB

He didn’t get onto the most lucrative interstellar mission for the money—Paxon came to be reunited with the woman he loves. But his high-stakes journey takes him to a savage world full of the galaxy’s most dangerous game, where the gravity can turn your bones to powder. And the reunion isn’t all he’d hoped for, when they find themselves on a ruined vessel in a deteriorating orbit above the planet, trapped with their own alien prey on the loose.

As the classic line goes, in space no one can hear you scream.  Even so, that doesn't stop it from happening with everything that happens in the story of Deep Gravity.  And believe me, there was more than enough screaming going on, silent or not.

Traveling for years through space to a distant planet is a dangerous enough task, let alone heading to one full of deadly lifeforms.  When Paxon embarks on a journey that takes three years in one direction, for love of course, he never expected to deal half the things he will face.  An incident leaves himself and others including the woman he came here for stranded in a failing ship.  Their chance of survival is slim as they race against time and a deadly alien being taken from the planet.  Plenty of risky choices, and plenty of unfortunate losses fill this great story.

With the abundant amount of action going on in the story, there was so much excellent artwork supporting it.  Throughout every dramatic scene, the illustrations and colors completely draw the reader in and really make you feel the tension.  There were so many truly spectacular areas where the art comes right at you and puts you right there.

The concept of exploring other planets is a frightening enough concept in theory and this book does a great job of showing such a possibility.  Anyone who loves a good space opera is in store for a very good one with this book.  This sci fi thriller should most definitely be a book to add to your reading list.

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Geek-o-Rama received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions are those of the individual reviewer.