Blackout
BLACKOUT is a dark, character-driven science fiction horror novel set aboard the deep-space exploratory frigate Firehawk, where isolation, secrecy, and an inhuman threat collide with devastating consequences.
When the Firehawk is dispatched to investigate a distant planet undergoing unnaturally rapid terraforming, the mission already carries unease. That tension deepens when the crew rescues a lone, comatose survivor from a short-range vessel that should never have reached that sector of space. By the time the ship departs the planet, systems begin to fail-and something follows them back.
A catastrophic blackout plunges the Firehawk into chaos. Cut off from power, communication, and escape, the crew becomes prey to a lethal alien presence that wears a familiar face and adapts with terrifying intelligence. As the ship's corridors turn into killing grounds, survival demands impossible choices.
At the center of the collapse are Jersey, a rookie recruit utterly unprepared for what unfolds, and Natey, a sharp-witted science specialist battling an infection that may already be killing her. Their rapidly deepening bond becomes both a source of strength and a dangerous vulnerability as fear, desire, and loyalty are tested under relentless pressure.
Meanwhile, the ship's command staff fights a losing war on multiple fronts. As bodies fall, First Officer Naomi begins to unravel psychologically, her fractured mind becoming as threatening as the creature stalking the ship. Guilt, grief, and buried trauma surface, revealing how fragile order truly is when safety disappears.
As the Firehawk bleeds power and time runs out, honor clashes with instinct, love offers no protection from consequence, and survival comes at a brutal cost. Not everyone will make it out-and those who do will carry the scars of what the darkness demanded.
Blending dark space opera scale with psychological and body horror, BLACKOUT explores intimacy under siege, identity under pressure, and the thin line between humanity and monstrosity when the lights go out.
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