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Ghost Station


A Science Fiction Novel


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Space Horror,
  • Psychological Thriller
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Space horror where isolation warps reality and trust shatters
  • Psychological spirals fueled by mysterious syndromes and crew secrets
  • Ancient abandoned planets hiding deadly, unsolved mysteries

From Little Stack

If The Shining grabbed you with its blend of isolation, unraveling sanity, and “something is very wrong here,” Ghost Station hits those same nerves… though in deep space. Instead of the Overlook Hotel, you’re trapped on a remote research outpost where a mysterious psychological syndrome is driving crew members to panic, paranoia, and worse.

A psychologist arrives to investigate, but the more she digs, the more reality warps around her. Barnes builds tension slowly, layer by layer, until every shadow feels suspect. If you love horror that tightens like a vise and makes isolation feel downright predatory, this cosmic-tinged psychological spiral is absolutely your next stop.

Publisher Description

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.

An abandoned planet. A hidden past. A deadly danger.

Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of Eckhart-Reiser syndrome (ERS)—the most famous case of which resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine people. It's personal to her, and when she's assigned to a small exploration crew who recently suffered the tragic death of a colleague, she wants to help.

But as they begin to establish residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that the crew is hiding something. And Ophelia's crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie, ancient planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizers' hasty departure than opening up to her. That is, until their pilot is discovered gruesomely murdered.

Is this Ophelia's worst nightmare starting—a wave of violence and mental deterioration from ERS? Or is it something even more sinister? Terrified that history will repeat itself, Ophelia and the crew must work together to figure out what's happening. But trust is hard to come by…and the crew members aren't the only ones keeping secrets.

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