Stranger Things Darkness on the Edge..., Adam Christopher
Stranger Things Darkness on the Edge..., Adam Christopher
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Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town
An Official Stranger Things Novel

Author: Adam Christopher

Narrator: David Pittu

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/28/2019


Synopsis

Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things.  
 
Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper’s protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked “New York” out of the basement—and the tough questions begin. Why did Hopper leave Hawkins all those years ago? What does “Vietnam” mean? And why has he never talked about New York?

Although he’d rather face a horde of demogorgons than talk about his own past, Hopper knows that he can’t deny the truth any longer. And so begins the story of the incident in New York—the last big case before everything changed. . . .

Summer, New York City, 1977. Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into life as a civilian. But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show up and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth.

Soon Hopper is undercover among New York’s notorious street gangs. But just as he’s about to crack the case, a blackout rolls across the boroughs, plunging Hopper into a darkness deeper than any he’s faced before.

About The Author

Adam Christopher’s debut novel, Empire State, was SciFiNow’s Book of the Year and a Financial Times Book of the Year. His other novels include Seven Wonders, Hang Wire, The Burning Dark, and the Ray Electromatic Mysteries series. A contributor to the internationally bestselling Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View fortieth-anniversary anthology, Christopher has also written the official tie-in novels for the hit CBS television show Elementary and the award-winning Dishonored videogame franchise and, with Chuck Wendig, wrote The Shield for Dark Circle/Archie Comics. Born in New Zealand, Christopher has lived in Great Britain since 2006.


Reviews

Goodreads review by exploraDora on September 07, 2020

***3 stars*** Book two in the Stranger Things extended universe is focused on our favorite policeman, Jim Hopper. Set in 1984 around Christmas time, Eleven finds a box of Hop's old keepsakes in his cabin. In this box, there's a bunch of stuff regarding one of his cases from when he worked as a homicid......more

Goodreads review by samantha on January 23, 2020

A pretty good story though it didn't feel like it had anything to do with stranger things. It could have been just any cop in new york in the 70s. I really wish there had more on Hopper and El, it would have make this ten times better. but I will say I really liked the mystery, it was very interesti......more

Hopper is one of my favorite characters in Stranger Things, so I was super excited to read this. I liked getting more of his background. It is interesting to see why he became the way he is. I also liked how El is in this one. Again, as with the first book, I would recommend this to Stranger Things......more

Goodreads review by Josh on July 09, 2019

Darkness on the Edge of Town provides some insight into Jim Hopper's life as a New York City detective working homicide before he ended up as chief of police in Hawkins. The storytelling method uses a throwback technique (Christmas eve, Hopper and El sitting around as he recounts a case in 1977) whi......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 28, 2021

Actual rating is 2.5 stars. This is the second book that is based on the television series. In this one, Hopper and Eleven are in Hopper's cabin. Hopper tells Eleven a story about when he was a detective in New York during the 1970's. This book is basically one giant flashback. This is suppose to be a......more