The Scourge Between Stars
Ratings18
Average rating3.8
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Ratings18
Average rating3.8
Ness Brown's The Scourge Between Stars is a tense, claustrophobic sci-fi/horror blend set aboard a doomed generation ship harboring something terrible within its walls. “A perfect scare to swallow up in one sitting.” —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights “Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, STARRED review A LibraryReads Pick! As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet. Faced with constant threats of starvation and destruction in the treacherous minefield of interstellar space, Jacklyn's crew has reached their breaking point. As unrest begins to spread throughout the ship’s Wards, a new threat emerges, picking off crew members in grim, bloody fashion. Jacklyn and her team must hunt down the ship’s unknown intruder if they have any hope of making it back to their solar system alive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Excellent story. The story builds an ominous atmosphere as our main character deals with issues on the generational ship traveling between star systems. While she, as the first mate, attempts to deal with one issue after another from riots to ship damage and failure, her father, the captain, has locked himself in his cabin. When a murder is discovered but not by anyone of the crew the mood and fear really accelerates. This is an excellent story and I look forward to reading more from this author.
So, a tough woman fights killer alien monsters in a spaceship, accompanied by an android... Nope, never heard of anything like that before! To be honest, the similarity to that other big sci-fi franchise is what drew me to this in the first place. Even if it was the supermarket own-brand version.
I know a novella is never going to be a deep, packed read but this felt very thin. Maybe it was a ‘proof of concept' of a more involved sequel/re-write.
Not particularly scary or memorable, but it passed the time.
Scourge Between Stars is quick to jump into the action and sprints right to the end. The tension was great especially after the 3rd act turn and also really loved how delightfully casually queer it is!
This novella was absolutely fine. It is just...Alien, but with murderbot, kinda? Nothing about it was bad, and I enjoyed my time with it...but it really needed something to make it stick out more. As it is, it's just too similiar to Alien.
