Overview
Dead Space is a 2021 science fiction murder mystery novel by Kali Wallace.
Synopsis
Scientist Hester Marley begins working for Parthenope Enterprises, a mining corporation in the asteroid belt, to pay off her medical debt after losing two of her limbs in a terrorist attack. After the death of one of her former colleagues, Hester begins investigating the murder.
Genre and themes
The novel centers around a murder mystery and deals with themes related to racism, xenophobia, corporate corruption, and worker's rights. Publishers Weekly described it as a "locked-room mystery set on an asteroid mining colony."
Laura Hubbard, in a review for BookPage, described the narrative as an exploration of grief through Hester's loss of limb.
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