Touching Darkness
- 336
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Touching Darkness” continues Scott Westerfeld’s Midnighters trilogy and is best read straight after “The Secret Hour”. Jessica and her fellow Midnighters, Rex, Melissa, Desdemona and Jonathan, face the Darklings, the dangerous beings who live in the Blue Hour. Some readers find the premise intriguing but are put off as secrecy and angst start to divide the group. “Blue Noon” completes the trilogy.
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About the book
The Midnighters Trilogy is a science-fiction fantasy series written by Scott Westerfeld. It was published by Eos in 2004. It comprises three books: The Secret Hour, Touching Darkness. and Blue Noon. Over the course of the trilogy, Jessica encounters other Midnighters with whom she allies herself. The protagonists in the trilogy are the eponymous Midnighters Desdemona, Rex, Jonathan, and Melissa. The antagonists of the series are Darklings and Slithers, dangerous and powerful beings that created and live in the Blue Hour.
Reading order · Midnighters trilogy
Full order & progress →- The Secret HourStart here
7.97.9 / 10 - Touching DarknessThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Blue Noon
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 65 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 7 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 58 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Touching Darkness?
It has 336 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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