The Dark Matter Series
In the modern day, not everything is as it appears. Paranormal occurrences and occult activities are becoming everyday happenings. These events are quickly hidden from public view by various world governments and other organizations who have neither the knowledge nor understanding of their significance. Doorways to other worlds are opening, and it’s up to the heroes of the Hoffmann Institute to determine friend from foe, good from evil, and conspiracy from happenstance.
Title List | Links | Notes
 In Hollow Houses  |
In Hollow Houses (The Dark Matter Series #1)Author: Braunbeck, Gary A. |
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It’s all true. It’s not a nightmare. It’s all possible. An unspeakable evil stirs beneath the nation’s capital, the gateway to a world of terror few have seen. The Hoffman Institute may be our only defense . . . but is it part of the solution or part of the problem? Reality and paranoia collide when dark forces converge on a world that seems normal. This is In Hollow Houses, the first novel in a new line of dark, contemporary fantasy fiction. |
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 If Whispers Call  |
If Whispers Call (Dark Matter #2)Author: Bassingthwaite, Don |
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In the world of Dark Matter, all you see is not all there is. And sometimes, the answers lie on the other side. A young woman lies in a coma, inexplicably lost to this world. Meanwhile, investigators from the Hoffman Institute unravel the dark secrets of a ghost seen wandering a Chicago cemetery. Dark Matter novels will find an eager audience among many different types of fans. They’re an ideal source of inspiration for roleplayers as well as an entertaining read for science fiction enthusiasts. |
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 In Fluid Silence  |
In Fluid Silence (Dark Matter #3)Author: Tirpa, G. W. |
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Two agents from a covert organization specializing in the paranormal are looking for their partner, who has mysteriously disappeared. Along the way, they run into a charismatic Nazi leader who is seeking to make the ultimate “super race.” The two agents not only discover that their lost partner is already undergoing The Process, but that the leader is himself an ubermensch — well over 100 years old and going strong! |
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 Of Aged Angels  |
Of Aged Angels (Dark Matter #4)Author: Cook, Monte |
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The DarkMatter books are set in a world of paranormal conspiratorial horror. Fans of horror will find these books edgy, unique, and engaging, and the series design emphasizes the contemporary nature of the books. Escorting a mystic computer hacker to the Hoffman Institute plunges Jeane, Fitz, and Ngan into a desperate life-or-death struggle to recover the legendary, long-lost Holy Grail. |
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 By Dust Consumed |
By Dust Consumed (Dark Matter #5)Author: Bassingthwaite, Don |
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The Hoffmann Institute deals in secrets. Its agents are used to that. Twenty years ago, Jeane Meara met her birth mother. At least she thought she had. Now she’s learning that some of the darkest secrets lie closest to home. Fifteen years ago, eight people vanished in Chicago — or did they? What motives lie in the mind of a madwoman? As Jeane unravels her life, her partners find themselves racing for the answers that will save others — including their own. They’ll need Jeane’s help. And she’ll need theirs. From The Undead Rat: |
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Summary:
Title List:
1. In Hollow Houses
2. If Whispers Call
3. In Fluid Silence
4. Of Aged Angels
5. By Dust Consumed
Weblinks List:
Wizards of the Coast’s Official Web Site
Based loosely upon the Dark Matter Campaign Setting (Alternity Role Playing Game), created by Wizards of the Coast.
I am currently uncertain whether the last book on the list (By Dust Consumed) was ever printed or merely proposed. Shortly after its release, Dark Matter Campaign Setting was ended when the entire Alternity Role-Playing Game was shut down to prepare for a new d20 line of games beginning with D&D and Star Wars.
Notes: Update
The Dark Matter role playing game will be released again in 2006 as a d20 Modern Campaign Handbook. I am uncertain at this time what that may mean for the novels.
