Screams from the Void
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4.0 • 10 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
"A tense, gripping SF house of horrors in space, where not all the monsters are inhuman. I enjoyed this enormously." — Peter McLean, author of Priest of Bones
For two years in deep space, the freighter Demeter and a small crew have collected botanical life from other planets. It's a lesson in patience and hell. Mechanics Ensign Raina is ready to jump ship, if only because her abusive ex is also aboard, as well as her overbearing boss. It's only after a foreign biological creature sneaks aboard and wreaks havoc on the ship and crew that Raina must find her grit - and maybe create a gadget or two - to survive...that is, if the crew members don't lose their sanity and turn on each other in the process.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
Customer Reviews
Screams From the Void
I was glued to the story unfolding, I wish we could know what happened next….
Wow
Ok, first, the blurb describes this book as a fight against a monster. This is misleading. There are at least five monsters in this book, and only one is an alien. Next, this book needs to be marketed as an exploration of domestic violence. If you pick up a book expecting a nice escapist monster hunt and you find Morven, if you have trauma of your own, you might find this book more horrific than you bargained for. I hope that people who read this book will learn to recognize abuser traits before they become entangled in a relationship with one.
Excellent characterization, excellent visuals and sensory descriptions. Excellent sense of place. Great description of the character of the organization they work for. Great tension and fear. Well done. Recommended.