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Violence
A lot
Horror violence and gruesome discoveries aboard the ghost ship; escalating terror
Language
Some
Moderate language; tense crew dynamics
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic tension; nothing explicit
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Survival horror in isolation, psychological breakdown, the horror of mass unexplained death
What this book is about
Deep space salvage operator Claire Kovalik and her crew intercept a distress signal from the Aurora — a legendary luxury space liner that disappeared with 1,600 people aboard twenty years ago. They board and find the ship intact, full of evidence of whatever happened — and then the evidence starts happening again. S.A. Barnes combines the atmosphere of Event Horizon with locked-room mystery in a propulsive sci-fi horror debut.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
graphic horror violence in space
disturbing discoveries throughout
psychological dread
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