Six mysteries set on generation ships

Molly Odintz is the managing editor for CrimeReads and the editor of Austin Noir. She grew up in Austin and worked as a bookseller before becoming a Very Professional Internet Person. She lives in central Texas with her cat, Fritz Lang.

At CrimeReads Odintz tagged six mysteries set on generation ships. One title on the list:

Adam Oyebanji, Braking Day

Braking Day takes place on a generation ship whose colonists have rejected the home world’s dependence on AI in favor of neural augments and other bioware. At the novel’s start, an apprentice engineer begins to see visions of a floating girl screaming for help, and enlists his hacker cousin (the whole family has ties to the ship’s thriving underworld economy) to figure out if he’s hallucinating. Instead of a sign of oxygen deprivation of space-induced cabin sickness, she’s real: and they are not ready for the wild truths behind her sudden appearance.

Read about the other entries on the list at CrimeReads.

Braking Day is among Jenny Hamilton's five top spine-chilling space books.

--Marshal Zeringue