Author: Robbie Dorman
Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
Pages: Paperback, 257
ISBN: 978-1-7336388-2-1
Opening Lines: "Mary Jensen didn't expect to see the body of the person she replaced, but it waited for her at Research Station Tau."
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"Mary Jensen, a trained medic, needs a new start and she's getting one at Research Station Tau, in remote Antarctica. Called in as an emergency replacement, Mary soon finds out Tau's mission: to find a lost elementary particle, deep down in the ice.
"Dr. Ian Schuller, the station lead, thinks the particle is the key to humanity's evolution. As they drill into the ice, complications arise and Mary starts to worry about his sanity. As he pushes harder and harder for results, the group begins to fracture.
"And then the hallucinations start.
"Something is in the ice, and it is changing them.
"Now Mary must surivive, and face what's underneath."
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The sci-fo genre is ripe for horror. Something about the isolation of space coupled with the unknown, unexplored depths. Drifting alone in the "vasty nothingness" allows the brain time to contemplate the unknown . . . The things just outside our reach. This is why the Alien franchise has done so well. And why we have seen survival horror games dipping its toe into the uncharted depths of space in Dead Space. However, what we never considered is the unknown, isolating element of space is right next door—Antarctica.
