Brood of the Dark Moon is a science fiction novel by American author Charles W. Diffin.

Once more Chet, Walt and Diane are united in a wild ride to the Dark Moon—but this time they go as prisoners of their deadly enemy Schwartzmann.

Brood of the Dark Moon is part of the Harkness-Bullard sequence, Dark Moon (1931), Brood of the Dark Moon (1931) and The Finding of Haldgren (1932) involving adventures on an errant new planet full of monsters which has been captured as a new moon orbiting Earth.

Brood of the Dark Moon was first published in Astounding Stories August to November 1931.

Total Running Time (TRT): 6 hours, 48 min. Reading by Richard Kilmer.

Charles W. Diffin (1884-1966) was a US engineer, airplane salesman and science fiction writer. He was one of the better writers whom Harry Bates encouraged to write for the new Astounding Stories.