Dead Silence
Will be published approx. on 7. January 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-80499-777-2 (ISBN)
Description
A GHOST SHIP. A SALVAGE CREW. UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed - and 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 at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner 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 trip through the Aurora reveals something isn't right.
Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed - and 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 at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner 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 trip through the Aurora reveals something isn't right.
Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.
Reviews / Votes
I ate this book in one sitting because I was in the mood to be freaked out and it delivered tremendously. Truly un-put-downable in its purest sense. -- Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS 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, in space. -- 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 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 WellingtonMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
223 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80499-777-2 (9781804997772)
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S.A. Barnes
Dead Silence
The sci-fi haunted house story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Death's Daughter
E-Book
04/2026
Transworld Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Person
S.A. BARNES works in a high school library by day, recommending reads, talking with students, and removing the occasional forgotten cheese-stick-as-bookmark. The author has published numerous novels across different genres, with Dead Silence, Ghost Station and Cold Eternity published under her S. A. Barnes moniker.
Barnes lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient spouse.
Barnes lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient spouse.