A Best Book of 2022 by the New York Public Library • One of the Best SFF Books of 2022 (Gizmodo) • One of the Best SF Mysteries of 2022 (CrimeReads) • A GoodReads Choice Award finalist for Best Science Fiction!
Titanic meets Event Horizon in this SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended.
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.
What they find is shocking: the Aurora, a famous luxury spaceliner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick search of the ship reveals something isn’t right.
Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Messages scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold on to her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.
"Truly un-put-downable in its purest sense.’ Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights
Also by S.A. Barnes:
Ghost Station
Cold Eternity
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Science Fiction
Titanic meets Event Horizon in this SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended.
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.
What they find is shocking: the Aurora, a famous luxury spaceliner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick search of the ship reveals something isn’t right.
Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Messages scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold on to her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.
"Truly un-put-downable in its purest sense.’ Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights
Also by S.A. Barnes:
Ghost Station
Cold Eternity
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Science Fiction
Praise for this book
"Stomach-turning, sinister space horror perfect for fans of Alien and Event Horizon." - Kendare Blake
"At the intersection of science fiction and horror, Dead Silence is the ultimate haunted house story." - Alma Katsu
"This story slides and slithers from creepy and atmospheric to skin-crawling, edge-of-your-seat terror." - T Kingfisher
"Dead Silence gives you the suffocating claustrophobia of 2001: A Space Odyssey mixed with the horrors of Alien. I couldn't stop reading." - Mur Lafferty
"Compulsive reading at its best. A sci-fi horror so expertly delivered you'll be peeking through your fingers until the last page!" - Melissa Landers
"Creepy and satisfying; I'll be checking under my bed tonight." - Sarah Pinsker
"I've always considered Alien the high mark of sci-fi horror. No longer. Dead Silence leaves it in the dust." - Lisa Shearin
"Dead Silence will keep you awake at night....Expertly paced, this novel is full of old ghosts in every way possible, and will haunt you long after the last page." - Laurie Faria Stolarz
"I was turning pages long into the night, and the bags under my eyes are well worth it!" - Rachel Vincent
"The richly realized world that S.A. Barnes creates draws us in, and the relatable characters charm us. The dread mounts to a powerful conclusion." - David Wellington
"At the intersection of science fiction and horror, Dead Silence is the ultimate haunted house story." - Alma Katsu
"This story slides and slithers from creepy and atmospheric to skin-crawling, edge-of-your-seat terror." - T Kingfisher
"Dead Silence gives you the suffocating claustrophobia of 2001: A Space Odyssey mixed with the horrors of Alien. I couldn't stop reading." - Mur Lafferty
"Compulsive reading at its best. A sci-fi horror so expertly delivered you'll be peeking through your fingers until the last page!" - Melissa Landers
"Creepy and satisfying; I'll be checking under my bed tonight." - Sarah Pinsker
"I've always considered Alien the high mark of sci-fi horror. No longer. Dead Silence leaves it in the dust." - Lisa Shearin
"Dead Silence will keep you awake at night....Expertly paced, this novel is full of old ghosts in every way possible, and will haunt you long after the last page." - Laurie Faria Stolarz
"I was turning pages long into the night, and the bags under my eyes are well worth it!" - Rachel Vincent
"The richly realized world that S.A. Barnes creates draws us in, and the relatable characters charm us. The dread mounts to a powerful conclusion." - David Wellington
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