Occupant

De: Zach James

Narrado por: Robert Dane

Humanity has reached the stars.

No longer bound to Earth or the Core Sol System, the human race has expanded into the far beyond, seeding itself throughout the final frontier. It has been a time of great expansion, hope, and progress.

These remote colonies, some found at the fringes of the Outer Rim, rely on supplies brought to them by deep-space commercial shipping vessels, which transport the needed goods and commodities to keep humanity alive and thriving in the most remote and austere locations. This story follow the crew of one such ship, the PlanetTEC-owned shipping vessel known as the Yunoma. Thirteen crewmembers on a standard long-range delivery trip. Something that should have been trivial, and frankly, boring.

But the men aboard the Yunoma soon make a terrifying discovery. Space is a big place, and it contains unimaginable horrors that none of them could have conceived. It's fast. It's dangerous. And it's hungry.

Occupant marks action thriller author Zach James' first foray into the realm of science fiction and horror. Inspired by old-school, slow-burn science fiction and horror, Zach combines his love of classic horror and his overactive imagination with the primal human fear of the unknown in this story set in a new universe that shows just how hostile space, and the things found out there, truly are.

©2022 Zach James (P)2022 Zach James

A great entry into the space-horror canon!

If you like things like DeadSpace, The Expanse or Alien this is going to be a book for you. It does spend quite a lot of time worldbuilding, but that just makes the payoff even better! I hope the author publishes more books in this genre!

SPACE HORROR DONE RIGHT

Large ship traveling through space ✓
Fleshed out & likeable characters ✓
Perfect amount of world-building ✓
Steady ominous build up ✓
Extremely hostile & grotesteque abominations ✓
GORE packed ✓
No annoying political stuff ✓
Narrator nails it ✓
Leaves you wanting more ✓

excellent space horror

If you enjoyed this book be sure to check out the second it's even better!

A good amount of twists and turns, plenty of blood and guts. A perfect slow burn.

Fantastic buildup

as overs have stated the buildup takes quite awhile, so long that you really aren't sure if something is actually going to happen, I will say that even though I wanted to skip it until the action happened, I held off and I'm glad I did, it makes you that much more invested in the characters so trust me, it gets better.

Wish it was longer

What a good book. The characters are well thought out and the backstories make them feel like real people. I enjoy the pace of the storyline that kept me wanting more the whole way through. Hopefully there is a sequel to this and hopefully it is read by the same narrator. Good job