Panicked you thrash about only to tumble to a cold metallic floor. You gag, vomit and almost pass out.
Remarkably you manage to crawl across the room and painfully stand-up.
You have no memory of how you got there, where you are and what happened.
Slowly you start to piece together your fragmented memory.
You’re aboard a spaceship. Painfully you remember your name: Maryam “May” Knox. You’re the commander of the spacecraft Hawking II.
Where is everyone? Why will no one answer? Only the voice of the ship’s AI is heard urging you to drink, eat and take healing medication.
After several minutes, (hours?) you manage to regain some of your strength and with the help of the AI start to piece together what happened.
Meanwhile on Earth everyone believes your ship is lost or destroyed, except your husband.
Fortunately you are able to send a message home. Now begins the rescue mission.
The more you piece the facts together the more you suspect that your predicament was not an accident. Your husband suspects the same.
But why? And where is the rest of the crew?
I admit it, I’m a sucker for ‘the last survivor scenario”. Especially when it involves space travel.
Author S. K. Vaughn has taken the tried and true ‘last survivor; genre and given it a unique tweak with enough twists, turns, unexpected moments and surprises to keep readers glued to its pages.
Across The Void is an epic sci-fi novel (published by Skybound Books/Atria that delivers plenty of action, intrigue and mystery to satisfy the most discerning of readers.
It would make a great movie ranking right up there with Alien, The Martian, Arrival and other sci-fi classics.
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