Description

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Sci-fi thriller from USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror comes a haunting story of isolation, desperation, and terror. There are bodysnatchers about, and they're closer than you think...

• For fans of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King
• For readers who love science fiction and horror novels
• Perfect for fans of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Passengers

When a guard discovers an unusual lifeform on her remote moon outpost, she disregards protocol to investigate—with catastrophic consequences. It soon becomes clear she's stuck in isolation with an alien capable of incredible depravity. The parasite wears its victims' skins and adopts their personalities. It mimics the way they talk, the way they look, the way they act. It's the perfect disguise.

And by the time humanity realizes it's facing extinction, it's already too late.

As the alien's ruthless progress collapses communication networks, wipes out defenses, and leaves hundreds of stations to fend for themselves, a handful of remarkable individuals must find a way to battle the greatest threat the universe has ever encountered... or die trying.

More Horror Novels By Darcy Coates:

The Carrow Haunt

Craven Manor

The Haunting of Ashburn House

The Haunting of Blackwood House

The Haunting of Rookward House

The House Next Door

The Folcroft Ghosts

Hunted

Dead Lake

The Haunting of Gillespie House

Black Winter series:

Voices in the Snow (Book 1)

Secrets in the Dark (Book 2)

Whispers in the Mist (Book 3)

Silence in the Shadows (Book 4)

House of Shadows series:

House of Secrets (Book 1)

House of Shadows (Book 2)

About the Author

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Darcy Coates is the USA Today bestselling author of Hunted, The Haunting of Ashburn House, Craven Manor, and more than a dozen horror and suspense titles. She lives on the Central Coast of Australia with her family, cats, and a garden full of herbs and vegetables. Darcy loves forests, especially old-growth forests where the trees dwarf anyone who steps between them. Wherever she lives, she tries to have a mountain range close by.

Praise For…

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"Ridley Scott’s chestbursters are pop culture legend, and any mention of unwanted alien stowaways brings to mind John Hurt sprawled out on a table in Alien, blood spewing from his chest. But Darcy Coates’s parasites are interested in more than just gestating in their hosts before chewing their way out through the sternum." — Book Riot