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Ghost Station Kindle Edition

by S.A. Barnes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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“Perfectly unsettling. Scratches the itch for space horror just right—and doesn’t shrink from the grisly consequences of exploring the unknown.” —Chloe Gong

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 plant. 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.

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 isn’t the only one keeping secrets.

Also by S.A. Barnes:
Dead Silence
Cold Eternity

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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  5. Publication date
    April 9, 2024
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“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

“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

“[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!

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

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, but Dead Silence is the first published as S. A. Barnes. Barnes lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient spouse. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C2MVPFNC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Nightfire (April 9, 2024)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 9, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4392 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 381 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1250884926
  • Customer Reviews:
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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. Barnes has published numerous novels across different genres under the pen name Stacey Kade. She lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient husband.

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252 global ratings
Exciting space horror and psychological thriller
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Exciting space horror and psychological thriller
Ghost Station is a science fiction thriller about a woman that joins a space exploration crew to escape her problems on earth.Dr. Ophelia Bray has had a professional setback after losing a patient to ERS (a mental condition developed after space travel) and joining a crew headed to an abandoned planet seems like to perfect opportunity to escape scrutiny and try out new treatments in ERS preventative care. But the ship’s crew is resistant to her help after losing a member on a previous mission and strange things are happening on the planet they’ve been sent to gather samples from. Ophelia will have to gain the trust of the other members plus battle the demons of her past if she’s going to fight whatever is affecting their mission.This is another exciting Sci Fi thriller from SA Barnes. Once things start kicking off it’s never boring and there is a lot of action and high stakes. Ophelia is an interesting character to follow because she’s fighting her own personal issues from her past and it amplifies the more psychological thriller aspects of the plot. I think it would make an amazing limited series or movie!
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Aimee M.
4.0 out of 5 stars It's good.
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
First, I want to say that I LOVED S. A. Barnes first book, Dead Silence. When I saw that Barnes had another sci-fi horror book coming out, I was SO excited!! I didn’t even look at the plot blurb, it didn’t matter. I was going to read this no matter what it said. 😀

So I went into Ghost Station blind. I’m not sure what I was expecting? Alien ghosts maybe? Probably- ghost IS in the title after all…. But no, not alien ghosts… in fact, I’m honestly not really sure what was going on in this book?

Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed Ghost Station a lot. The story starts off pretty slow burn, so buckle up. It felt like the author does a nice job building a creepy, tense atmosphere. The plot is more character driven and less about answers as to what is going on….

In fact, the “answers” are pretty ambiguous. Normally I’m not a really big fan of ambiguous answers, but Barnes pulls it off, in a nightmare fuel sort of way. Alien bugs? Alien tech? What happened on this planet?? Zero clue but I loved every drama llama moment of it (well almost every moment, see spoiler below)!!

Like I said earlier, Ghost Station is more about the characters. Trauma, grief, guilt, stress all thrown in a blender and added to this creepy murder planet full of weird going ons. Maybe the answers are a hare ambiguous, but I was invested in all the human and alien going ons. Is it horror though? HMMMMMMMM…….

The title does feel a little bit of a misnomer….? I mean… I get the name, but I don’t know, it just doesn’t fit well with the over all story? :/

SPOILER ALERT BELOW!!!!!

Over all, I enjoyed this book…. BUT, that ending… we need to talk about that for a second. I gotta say, not loving the fact that the characters are cured off page in such an abrupt fashion! Like, all this crazy stuff going on, everyone is infected with alien whatsit, and…. everyone just gets on the ship and leaves? :/ With no cares given about possibly infecting other people or planets with this… whatever it is??? And then it’s ok because everyone is just…. mostly cured super duper easy while they literally slept it off?? Off page?? Between chapters?? :/ HUH. Don’t love that. What happened? Did the author run out of time on her deadline and have to just END things quickly or something? :/ Because that’s definitely what it feels like…

*Sigh* Aside from that choice on the ending, I do like Ghost Station, slow pacing and misplaced title and all. This one is not as good as the author’s first book. I don’t like to compare the two, but it was a little hard not to. Dead Silence was SOOOOOOOO good, but Ghost Station just felt…. it’s good. You know? I was still entertained and had fun reading the book, and I will continue to read future work by S. A. Barnes. 🙂
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Paige
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling in the sense that it's hard to figure out the monster of the story
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
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After reading Barnes' other book earlier this year and loving it, I was ecstatic to see this pop up in my recommendations. And she definitely did not disappoint!

The book follows Ophelia Bray, a psychologist who's much better at psychoanalyzing others than she is herself. Headed to a distant planet with a group of somewhat blacklisted research team members, her work goals quickly turn from "make sure they don't go crazy" to "get out before it's too late." Twists, turns, and an incredible amount of foreshadowing make this book a gripping thriller that is well worth the read. Highly recommend!
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Calvin Pulizzi
3.0 out of 5 stars Therapists in space: boring, not scary
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2024
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The main character is very unlikable. She's a therapist who wants to help everyone and then gets mad they don't want her help because she's so overbearing. This book is definitely a slow burn. The author's previous book was a lot better. While there's plenty of interesting mysteries, it just takes too long to sort them out. Several chapters end with a big shock, only for the next chapter to begin and explain the situation and show it's not what you thought it was. After the third time, I stopped being surprised. The author definitely has a type when it comes to main characters: females with a secret history and trauma in their past that makes them unsuitable for the task at hand. In the previous book it worked but this one it doesn't. It's like the author took the main character from her last book, then took out all the personality and charm. About halfway through the book the intrigue starts to pick up. More is learned about Ophelia's background, which I quite enjoyed. When one of the characters dies, the author does a good job of making you question whether Ophelia did it. For every alibi, there's another reason brought up of how she could be guilty. The reveal of a former crew member's cause of death is a huge let down. The book spends 3/4's of the time referencing it, making you wonder if it was an accident, or their version of space insanity. In the end, she died because she was trying to make more money illegally. The author has this annoying habit of writing a description of something or an event, only to say "just kidding it's something completely different" a few paragraphs later. The infection seems to affect everyone differently but it's never explained why. The author's first book was much better and scarier. Read that instead
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AC
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2024
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I wouldn't say this is a bad book, the characters are a little shallow and the ending is rather abrupt but it moves at a fast pace and there are enough interesting elements to make me read a second book if there is one.
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