A LibraryReads Pick!
"Relentlessly creepy and fantastically atmospheric...Ghost Station is space horror at its best."
--The New York Times
"Perfectly unsettling. Ghost Station scratches the itch for space horror just right--and doesn't shrink from the grisly consequences of exploring the unknown."
--Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights
"As stellar a beach read as the bloody-minded could want on a summer weekend."
--Wall Street Journal
"Ghost Station is everything I could want in a horror story and more. Barnes became one of my favorite authors with Dead Silence and this is a stunning follow-up. Highly recommended."
--Darcy Coates, USA Today bestselling author of Dead of Winter
"Barnes simultaneously slips in small doses of terror that get and stay under readers' skin, until the entire narrative explodes and holds them entranced for its final act. Barnes (Dead Silence) is quickly cementing herself as the go-to author in space horror."
--Library Journal
"A skin-crawling, delicious tale of exploration, exploitation, and electrifying horror. I loved (and screeched through) every moment of it."
--Yume Kitasei, author of The Deep Sky
"Fans of the original Alien film will enjoy this tense psychological-horror story set in a far-flung future as the crew tries to solve the mystery of this abandoned mission while navigating the atrocities of their corporate employer, which they know all too well."
--Booklist
"A taut, twisting thriller that subverts every trope and expectation in all the best--and most terrifying--ways imaginable."
--Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley
"If you're a connoisseur of sci-fi horror, Ghost Station is what you're looking for."
--Reactor
"[A] slow-simmering creepfest...In this golden era of sci-fi horror, Barnes leads the charge with her thoughtfully crafted characters, top-notch pacing and an ever-present sense of dread."
--BookPage
"A hostile planet, mysterious alien ruins, and a distrustful crew of traumatized people--it's a potent combination that makes for a tense, gripping, and delightfully creepy thriller."
--Kali Wallace, author of Dead Space
"Barnes leads us step by step up a mounting staircase of dread, through horrors both real and suggestive."
--David Wellington, author of Paradise-1
"Fans of exploration horror will go wild for this creepy, pacey, and captivating novel.... Ghost Station will infect you."
--Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces
"The best space horror since Alien."
--Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending
Praise for Dead Silence
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!
