Goodreads asked M F Alfrey:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

M F Alfrey SILENTIUM
Genres: body horror, military sci-fi, spam-in-the-can, science fiction, horror, survival horror

My Official website: https://mfalfrey.com/

This is a B-movie horror kind of book. The kind of movie you discovered as a kid on late-night TV when you really shouldn't be watching. It's part homage as well, to all my favourite books and movies and graphic novels in the genre. Fans of Aliens and The Thing will likely enjoy this. If you liked Event Horizon, Doom, and Dog Soldiers, you'll get a kick out of this too.

It is also part response. I was seeing a lot of complaints from readers of horror that lots of books claim to be scary, but aren't. So I thought, okay, I accept that challenge. So this book is for those who are looking for high-tension, edge of the seat horror.

It goes like this ...

A struggling haulage crew and a squad of delinquent marines find themselves hurled together in a gruelling fight for survival beneath the ice.

Captain Joe Bannerman has finally scored a big job that would mean the good life for him and his crew: a long-haul trip to drop a bunch of marines on the edge of the charted territories for re-education training. The only drawback is their employer – the Inter Planetary Commission. A ruthless totalitarian corporate government.

But not long after their arrival, and failure to raise Aquilo Base on comms, all souls aboard the Fritzwicky suddenly find themselves stranded on a frozen world with no other choice but to delve into the ominously silent facility. And what should have been a routine passenger drop quickly takes a hideously twisted and disturbing turn.

Check Silentium out here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silentium-M-...

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