Hull Zero Three

Hull Zero Three by Greg Baer,  307 pages

A small band of humans on a long journey wake up to find themselves light years from known space, on a ship that has gone mad. The ship is an unmanned terraformer, designed to bring life to dead planets, but not to transport the living. Now, five humans find themselves struggling to understand how they came to be here and just where it is they are going. They must find a way to survive in these cold, dark halls, hunted by monsters out to kill them.

This is the first book I’ve read by Baer, but I loved it. The action was fast-paced, and the hero is a gentle teacher, kind and curious. His guide through the cold bleak ship world is a young girl who turns out to be intricately connected to the mystery of the ship’s problem. She tells him to find His Book, and when he does, the book explains many mysteries but creates even more questions. There were some bleak horror moments that I had to skim past. The surprise creepy twist is wonderful, and the ending is surprisingly happy.