Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
Space.....the Final....yeah nevermind that's been done already. Scifi Horror is a difficult genre to write well. How does one build suspense when you can instantly teleport away from some boogeyman? What threat from ghouls or spectral miasmas exists in the warm glow of holographic displays? Creating believable, relatable situations in a futuristic setting requires balancing the excitement of advanced technologies with the recognizable continuation of the modern human condition. Barnes' newest book Cold Storage achieves this by juxtaposing political corruption with.....well nevermind that would spoil the ending. Honestly, that one gets better the more I think about it. But I digress; we're here today to talk about Ghost Station. We begin with Ophelia Bray's first assignment as the team psychologist for a survey crew investigating planets. The multiple levels of tension within this novel really help it sink its hooks into your imagination. First, you have the conflict o...