Astrophobia – David Viergutz and Boris Bacic

WE’RE ALL GOING HOME

Astrophobia is one of the most clever books I’ve ever read. When you combine Psychological Mindf*uck Viergutz and Atmosphere King Bacic, you get this beautifully horrifying space story that you can’t help but cringe away from and glue your eyes to!

My one gripe with any science fiction trope that tries to blend into horror is that the author always focuses so heavily on the technology that it takes away from the story. Well folks, you don’t need an engineering or aeronautics degree to read this one! Astrophobia is the perfect blend that gives me a solid understanding of the tech without being overbearing to more technical than necessary. My lack of knowledge of space technology did not hinder my reading of this at all, and I’m thankful to both authors for that.

I had so much anxiety reading this, and I swear I felt more paranoid than the characters themselves. I had to remind myself to physically uncurl since I had twisted into an anxious pretzel the farther I got in the book. It’s so tense and claustrophobic in places, and the corrupted files straight out gave me chills. It was so unsettling to see and imagine!

I loved the characters, and they really pulled me into the story. I had to keep reading to see what would happen to them and how things would continue to devolve in the Cerberus. I also loved how ambiguous the big bad was; it wasn’t a huge scary monster, but something more nuanced and subtle, which made this all the more terrifying.

Honestly, major contender for Book of the Year for me! I can’t say enough good things about this, and Astrophobia is a fantastic example of how amazing space horror and psychological horror can be.

Astrophobia will go live on David’s site https://davidviergutz.com on 5/12, almost three weeks before it’ll be available on the Zon! Trust me, you won’t want to miss this.