The Last Astronaut

David Wellington's science fiction horror novel centers on Sally Jansen, a former NASA commander haunted by a failed Mars mission who is called back into service when a massive, silent alien object enters the solar system on a collision course with Earth. As Jansen and her crew board the colossal, dark vessel for a desperate first-contact mission, the story cultivates a claustrophobic, creeping dread rooted in the absolute isolation of deep space and the terrifying incomprehensibility of alien biology. Rather than relying on quick scares, the book builds atmospheric tension through cold technical isolation and mounting paranoia. It suits readers who appreciate slow-burning cosmic dread and stark, high-stakes survival stories set against the infinite void.

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