I knew I recognized the author’s name; he’s better known for his Star Wars novelizations.

This is a dark & rather scary read. The main character is autistic, I’d say. Brilliant but a bit too close with an older academic groomer.

But the wormhole doctor passes early in the narrative, thankfully.

I’m into space exploration too but I would be cautious sailing into a wormhole. What good comes out of a wormhole? Nothing good in this case.

Bad alien enslavers. (Spoiler there) AND trigger warning; not vegan friendly, including primate experimentation. Did you know monkeys can pop out your eyes & eat off your face? They don’t even to go into an evil wormhole to do either to human beings.

It’s an intriguing read, just mind content warnings. This is not a novel I would have entered knowing of animal torture & death.

Enter into the evil alien wormhole at your own risk.

Nether Station by Kevin J. Anderson is a cosmic and Lovecraftian thrill ride at a worm hole at the edge of the solar system. Humanity has discovered the Nether wormhole in the Kuiper Belt, and determined its terminus is Alpha Centauri. A team of intrepid humans travel out to explore it and learn that they are not the first sentient beings to discover it.

Kevin Anderson’s writing style is engaging and fast paced. Many nights, I stayed up a little longer to read “just one more chapter”! A few times there were small hints dropped that made me excited for the direction the book was headed. If you are a fan of space horror, I absolutely recommend this book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for providing a digital advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Imagine a literary blender. Throw in the screenplays of Alien and Event Horizon; add an old copy of At the Mountains of Madness; then mix in a few episodes of Star Trek and Lost In Space. You can sort of picture this book. There is no Dr Smith character so it loses half a star for the error. Kind of fun outer space horror that seems to be the setup for a series. I’m jumping ship.

2.5 Stars (Danger, good reader!)