David Wellington is an acclaimed author who has previously published over twenty novels in different genres.
This is sci-fi horror at its most terrifying-if only because the science behind it is grounded and all-too-possible. --B&N SciFi & Fantasy Blog A gripping story that reveals its horrors one inexorable, plausible detail at a time. Readers will be riveted - and will want to keep all the lights on. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A suspenseful, fast-paced story of first contact....A race against time to save humankind, a veteran astronaut trying to make things right, and an utterly strange and genuinely horrifying alien world to explore--this story's got everything. --Kirkus Wellington deftly plays with scale, from the aching intimacy of his human cast to the vastness of space and the enormity of their destination. Journey into a phantasmagorical alien landscape, where paranoia, loss, longing, and resolve interweave into endlessly shifting and always more terrifying configurations. --Caitlin Starling, author of The Luminous Dead Timely and terrifying, The Last Astronaut propels us deep into the mysteries of space for a near-future SF/horror hybrid that's breathless, compulsive reading. This book deserves to be the one you see everyone reading on the subway or at the beach. --Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of The Pandora Room and Ararat If Stephen King had written a haunted house story set in space, it would look very much like The Last Astronaut. Written with an uncompromising, white-knuckled pace, here is book that will leave you shaking and looking at the cold depths of space with equal parts horror and wonder. --James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crucible The Last Astronaut bridges the worlds of science fiction and horror perfectly--Wellington melds the awe of discovery with the terror of the unknown to keep readers riveted to every page. --Fred Van Lente, New York Times bestselling author of The Con Artist