Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

Narrated by: Zura Johnson

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 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 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 isn’t the only one keeping secrets.

Also by S.A. Barnes:

Dead Silence

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

©2024 S.A. Barnes (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“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

“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

Fantastic space thriller

The pacing is great, and the story line is fun and definitely terrifying. Definitely worth a listen and a relisten

Good sci-fi story

Story was good, but I wouldn’t say it was great it was definitely enjoyable though.
Performance was pretty good. I’ll seek out her other performances

Another amazing space creeper!

I think S.A. Barnes has truly landed as a premiere voice in sci-fi horror with this one. With equal parts of external and internal terror, this story and its characters had me in a chokehold right through to the end. Well done! I can’t wait to read the next one!

wow fantastic

i don't know what to say. exceptional novel. blew me away. such a amazing piece of writing. already of a fan of this young author. look forward to enjoying everything she ever writes. amazing.

voice actor was great

I enjoyed the voice performance bur descriptions could have been better. overall story was okay.

Ok story but narrator put me to sleep

The story is interesting but I don't think the right narrator was chosen for this, her voice is very soothing with slow pacing.

Too Much Inner Whining

Way too much of Ophelia inner dialogue about her father...I mean way way too much. I really tried but I couldn't finish the last handful of chapters.

Great!

I didn't want to stop listening. The story was engaging and the characters were interesting.

What happened here, mystery

with all the movies and books out there, this is one of the most unique sci fi stories. kept me guessing

I’ve been waiting

I’m very specific in my reading genre (autism) I’ve been looking for a space opera horror/thriller forever that wasn’t Asimov. The characters are raw and real, I felt their uneasiness and fear. AMAZING READ. Brb while I start it over.