Dead Silence
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Salvage crew captain Claire Kovalik finds the long-missing luxury starliner Aurora drifting near her last beacon. Her crew boards. The decks are full of bodies, the lights flicker, and her own visions get worse.
Multiple novels share this title. The most commonly searched is S.A. Barnes's Dead Silence (2022), a science fiction horror about a salvage team boarding a derelict luxury spaceship. Barnes also writes YA under the name Stacey Kade.
Yes. Dead Silence is widely cited as one of the most genuinely frightening science fiction horror novels of recent years. It is often compared to The Shining set on a starship, with similar atmospheric dread.
Dead Silence is 240 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Dead Silence takes most readers 4 to 5 hours to finish.
Dead Silence is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
Dead Silence is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
