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Ghost Station

by S. a. Barnes

Secrets and danger on an abandoned planet

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  • Critical praise

    Praised by The New York Times

    The New York Times is quoted praising the book as atmospheric space horror.

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Secrets and danger on an abandoned planet

Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray joins an exploration crew on an abandoned planet after the group has already suffered a colleague’s death. Her work studying Eckhart-Reiser syndrome—a condition associated in the description with a notorious series of murders—makes the mission personally charged. But the crew’s reluctance to confide in her, their interest in the planet’s former colonizers, and a new killing leave several possible sources of danger in play. The setup brings psychological horror together with an isolated planetary expedition, where questions about the crew’s past and the planet’s history complicate the effort to understand what is happening.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in psychological horror set in space.
  • For readers drawn to isolated expeditions, crew secrets, and mysteries about abandoned places.
  • For readers who enjoy horror premises involving psychological deterioration and threats to group trust.

Themes

IsolationTrust and secrecyPsychological deteriorationExploration and the past

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Book overview

"Relentlessly creepy and fantastically atmospheric...Ghost Station is space horror at its best."--The New York Times

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.

An abandoned planet. A hidden past. A deadly danger.

Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of Eckhart-Reiser syndrome (ERS)--the most famous case of which resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine people. It's personal to her, and when she's assigned to a small exploration crew who recently suffered the tragic death of a colleague, she wants to help. But as they begin to establish residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that the crew is hiding something.

And Ophelia's crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie, ancient planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizers' hasty departure than opening up to her.

That is, until their pilot is discovered gruesomely murdered. Is this Ophelia's worst nightmare starting--a wave of violence and mental deterioration from ERS? Or is it something even more sinister?

Terrified that history will repeat itself, Ophelia and the crew must work together to figure out what's happening. But trust is hard to come by...and the crew members aren't the only ones keeping secrets.

Also by S.A. Barnes:
Dead Silence
Cold Eternity

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