Dark intelligence vs Tides of Light: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Human-alien encounters, Artificial Intelligence, Fiction
Dark intelligence
After awakening one hundred years after his death at the hands of a haywire AI, Thorvald Spear vows revenge on the machine intelligence and marshalls Isobel Satomi, former criminal and part AI herself, to his cause.
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Tides of Light
From the back cover: Onboard an ancient starship, Killeen and the Bishop tribe escape the mech-ruled world of Snowglade. Seeking refuge on a faraway planet, they discover vast wonders -- an organic life-form as large…
The verdict
- Readers rate Dark intelligence highest: Dark intelligence 4.1 · Tides of Light 3.7.
- Dark intelligence has the widest readership — 7010 ratings behind its score.
- Dark intelligence runs the darker storyline; Tides of Light stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dark intelligence | Tides of Light | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (7010) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (83) | 3.6 (14) |
Reception
| Dark intelligence | Tides of Light | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7010 | 14 |
| Editions | 6 | 12 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 6842 | — |
| Reading it now | 477 | — |
| Written reviews | 467 | — |
| Pages | 412 | 365 |