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The Scourge Between Stars

by Ness Brown

Narrated by Bahni Turpin

3.60 ABR Score (5.7K ratings)
★ 3.58 Goodreads (5.6K) ★ 3.75 Audible (48)
4h 58m Released 2023 Sci-Fi

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

Bahni Turpin narrates this like she already knows no one is making it back to Earth.

  • Great if you want: a tight sci-fi horror hybrid with a woman-in-command lead
  • Listening experience: claustrophobic and relentless — finishable in a single sitting
  • Narration: Turpin channels both steely command and fraying sanity convincingly
  • Skip if: you want deep character development over atmosphere and tension

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About This Audiobook

Deep in the void between stars, the generation ship Calypso carries humanity's last survivors on a desperate journey home from a failed colonial venture. Captain Jacklyn Albright inherits command of a vessel pushed beyond its limits, where dwindling resources and mounting desperation threaten to tear the crew apart. When crew members begin disappearing in increasingly violent circumstances, Albright faces a terrifying realization: something deadly stalks the ship's corridors, and the voyage that was meant to save humanity may instead seal its doom.

Bahni Turpin delivers a masterful performance that transforms this space horror into an intensely immersive experience. Her nuanced portrayal captures Albright's growing desperation while maintaining the captain's steely resolve, creating genuine tension that builds with each chapter. Turpin's pacing mirrors the story's claustrophobic atmosphere perfectly, letting moments of dread breathe before delivering gut-punch revelations. The audio format amplifies every creak of the ship's failing hull and whispered fear in the darkness, making listeners feel trapped alongside the doomed crew in their metal tomb drifting through endless space.