Dead Silence
Dead SilenceS.A. Barnes
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Dead Silence (2022)

S.A. Barnes

Others: Leaning negative

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.

ISBN:
9781250819994
Length:
352 pages

Genres: fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, thriller

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dead silence by essay barnes i'm gonna put it in solid i wanted to love this one more it's a sci-fi horror and the first half was amazing it was like five out of five for me i was getting so excited then the second half came and it was just like meh