Release: May 18th, 2021
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Flame Tree Press
Source: Publisher
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“A tense, gripping SF house of horrors in space, where not all the monsters are inhuman. I enjoyed this enormously.” — Peter McLean, author of Priest of Bones
For two years in deep space, the freighter Demeter and a small crew have collected botanical life from other planets. It’s a lesson in patience and hell. Mechanics Ensign Raina is ready to jump ship, if only because her abusive ex is also aboard, as well as her overbearing boss. It’s only after a foreign biological creature sneaks aboard and wreaks havoc on the ship and crew that Raina must find her grit. And maybe she can create a gadget or two to survive. If the crew members don’t lose their sanity and turn on each other in the process.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018, the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; award winners and exciting, original voices.
About the Author:
Anne Tibbets worked in television production as a post-production coordinator, writer’s assistant, and freelance scriptwriter. After that, she turned her attention back toward her first love, novels. She published two works of post-apocalyptic science fiction for Carina Press, The Line Series: Carrier and Walled, in 2014, and two more under the pen name Addison Gunn for Abaddon Books, Extinction Biome: Invasion in 2016, and Dispersal, in 2017.
Then, her next novel, a space horror, Screams from the Void, was published under her own name and launched with FLAME TREE PRESS in May 2021.
Anne lives in Los Angeles with her family and a menagerie of pets collects typewriters, watches far too much TV, and shoots aliens regularly via her gaming console. Also, she is a member and has volunteered for, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and the International Thriller Writers Association (ITW).
When Anne isn’t trawling Twitter @AnneTibbets, she’s working as a book doctor and literary agent.
Screams from the Void Review:
Being a fan of space horror movies like the “Alien” franchise and “Life,” I dove right into “Screams from the Void” because of its intriguing premise. I loved reading this book, and it gave me goosebumps!
This book had it all! A foreign species that comes on board and starts attacking the space crew? Check. A strong heroine? Check. The author got me hooked right from the beginning as she introduces us to the team aboard the “Demeter.” The author writes the story so grippingly that I had to find out what would happen to the characters. I loved the story from the first page and wondered who would survive and who wouldn’t. The story turned out to be a mix of horror and survival and had me at the edge of my seat!
Coming to the characters, I liked Raina from the get-go and felt she was perfect for the story. She is just a mechanic, but she stands out among the others with her quick thinking. Moreover, I loved her complex relationship with Morven and thought it added beautifully to the story. The author also switches the timelines between the past and the present making the story intriguing. I found something unique about each crew member, whether Tamsin, Osric, Pollux, Avram, or Niall. Also, I was not too fond of Osric because he used to mock and demotivate Raina at every step. Similarly, I adored Avram and Pollux and enjoyed the flashbacks about the spores.
Overall, “Screams from the Void” is a fantastic space horror novel, and I highly encourage horror fans to check this book out!
