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Titan of the Stars

E.k. Johnston
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Titan of the Stars

E.k. Johnston
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One of Indigo's Best Ten Books of 2025
One of The Horn Book's Best of the Year
One of YALSA's 2026 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
A Reactor Mag Notable YA Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Pick of 2025
A Toronto Public Library "The List" 2026 Pick
Finalist for the Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult/Children's Literature

"When the action ramps up, the story vibrates with terror, offering readers a compelling and harrowing treat and highlighting the teens’ sheer cunning and urgent desire for survival." —STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews

"Gruesome deaths and the paranoia of Walking Dead–style body-snatching form fairly standard horror tropes, but Johnston has established such authenticity that readers will never question the urgency as the pages just seem to turn themselves." —STARRED REVIEW, The Horn Book

"Johnston masterfully infuses the narrative with bone-deep dread and grotesque carnage; phrases like 'splash of gore' and 'pile of her own sludge' are haunting. It's not all body horror, though: Johnston also effectively intertwines themes of class, privilege, and self-determination. An unsettling, pulse-pounding exploration of societal structures and survival." —STARRED REVIEW, Shelf Awareness

"In this work, readers will recognize the typical signs of a catastrophe in the making: an ecological disaster on Earth resulting in a plan to mine Mars, a gilded space shuttle with a stark class divide to travel there, and the hubris of those who built the shuttle making everything exponentially worse. But this is no stale redux of other works in the genre. The author’s attention to detail keeps readers immersed in the moment, while dual viewpoints gradually bring the characters alive, and a steady pace and eerie atmosphere propel the work forward. . . . A mash-up of sci-fi and horror tropes fervently coalesce into a satisfying and fresh option for teens." —School Library Journal

"Titan of the Stars will definitely keep you turning pages and reading with the lights on." —Jefferson City News-Tribune

Overall rating: 4.5 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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"A great read! A young engineer on a passenger ship to Mars is excited to start a new life there when all chaos breaks loose onboard. Very Titanic meets Alien - the ship is on its maiden voyage, with extravagant interiors and the latest in technology. Partly for entertaining the rich, recently discovered alien remains are on the ship as well, safely encased in large glass enclosures. Or are they?"

— Ksklor (5/5)

Sci-fi meets fantasy in this dystopian romance

"Book review: 3. 75/5 ⭐️ Genre: sci-fi/YA dystopian Themes: social classes, space, aliens, young romance 📖 Read if you like: Rebel, Hail Mary, Record of a Spaceborn Few This book brands itself as Titanic meets Alien and that could not be a more perfect comparison for this book. The first half was a discourse on the disparity between the wealthy and labourers in this dystopian future. Then things get weird and the horror starts with aliens savagely killing all humans in their path. It was an odd amalgamation of genres, but it worked. On the maiden voyage of a cutting edge space ship that reduces the travel time between Earth and Mars exponentially, we meet Celeste and Dominic. Celeste is an apprentice engineer who has had to work tirelessly to get out of the Rift. An orphan with limited options, she jumps at the opportunity to start a new life on Mars. Dominic is her complete opposite, or so it seems at first. The wealthy son of programmer and partial shipbuilder, Dominic arrives to a suite of excessive luxury and pomp with his valet. A tortured artist, he has always been a disappointment to his adoptive parents, yet has never known quite how different his life could have been. When the ship launches, everyone is trapped on the ship and the two eventually cross paths. An unlikely relationship forms between these characters, but an even more shocking discovery is to made. The ship is also host to a group of discovered aliens that were encapsulated in the polar ice caps for thousands, perhaps millions of years. A novelty museum is set up onboard with the scientists who unearthed this ground breaking discovery giving lectures and tours. When the alarm sounds one night, the residents of this ship will realize just what unknowingly joined them on this voyage. It was a really interesting premise for a book and the after effects following a natural disaster in a societal context was well developed. I also like that this part of the story largely took place in Canada. The whole upstairs downstairs situation on the ship played out well with an interesting cast of characters to round out humanity. They each had their own traits and POVs, which I liked. I desperately needed a ship map to follow along with the plot, but it was well written and engaging. I will say I wanted more horror and more alien interactions. The suspense wasn’t quite where I expected it to be in this scenario, though it delivered on the gore factor. Overall, I thought the ideas were really good, but I wanted more to become fully invested. I will be eagerly awaiting the sequel regardless given the nice cliffhanger that sets up the story for the next book. Thank you to Penguin Teen CA for a gifted copy of this book."

— Karisbookclub (4/5)

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  • Published date: Sep 01, 2026
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 312
  • Publisher: Tundra Book Group
  • ISBN: 9781774884102
  • Dimensions: 5.5" W x 0.781" L x 8.25" H
E. K. JOHNSTON is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several YA novels, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist The Story of Owen and Star Wars: Ahsoka. Her novel A Thousand Nights was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. The New York Times called The Story of Owen a clever first step in the career of a novelist who, like her troubadour heroine, has many more songs to sing and in its review of Exit, Pursued by a Bear, the Globe & Mail called Johnston the Meryl Streep of YA, with limitless range. E. K. Johnston lives in Ontario.

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