Dead Shock: A Sci-Fi Horror Novel

The Shock Series, Book 1

By: Wallace Henry

Narrated by: Tom Sleeker

They're stranded. They're scared. But they're not alone. Something is waiting for them...in the darkness of the ship.

In the distant future, a team of diplomats embark on a mission to make contact with an authoritarian ship that has gone radio silent. It's supposed to be a simple job, a look-see operation to make sure something terrible hasn't happened. The leader is prone to fits of violence, and there are rumors of previous human rights abuses.

Only, when they arrive, the ship is...empty. The question is - where did everybody go?

Armed only with riot gear, they explore the ship, intent on discovering the truth about what's happened on The Ark. What they find will be more nightmarish than anything they've seen before.

Indeed, it's worse than anything they could imagine.

Dead Shock is a creepy atmospheric novel from the author of The Playroom and Party Snatchers.

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft and Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation will love this claustrophobic, terrifying book. It's equal parts horror and soft science fiction. Think Alien meets Dawn of the Dead.

A mix of body horror, action, and sci-fi, Dead Shock is the first in the Shock series of novels. It's the kind of dystopian sci-fi or dystopian horror you'd come to expect from Wallace Henry. So, grab a space suit, grab a force gun, and hold your breath, because nobody can breathe in space.

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Horror in space

As with all stories you’ll find some incredibly stupid characters. I think that’s where the story lacked for me. People doing idiotic things and knowing that they’re idiotic. Overall, it could make a good sci-fi channel B horror movie.. narration was great storyline moved fast.

It was passably good.

Dead average sci-fi horror story with a similar performance. This one is OK but nothing to write home about. It isn’t terribly well written, is super tropey, and by the numbers.

The word "said".

I have never heard the word "said" so much in a novel.
The story is fine and I like the narrator.
The characters are average. A little more fleshing out on them would have gone a long way in making the story better.

decent story but slow

A bit slow but enjoyable horror book good narration lots of detail overall not bad

Feels unfinished

I realize that it's part of a series, but the "to be continued" ending still seems lackluster to me. When you finally reach the big climactic moment, it's cut short and left without any real conclusion. Although this is a great strategy for ending a chapter, it's not so great for ending a book. It was, however, interesting and well written and likely would have convinced me to seek out the rest of the series if I had not felt as though the author were trying to force my hand in that regard.