In a time when it seems everything in sci-fi/fantasy is part of a series, Star Splitter makes its mark as an incredible standalone story. I loved the dual timelines and how they created an intense feeling of suspense. On the one hand, we see her aboard the spaceship DS Theseus, intensely angry at her parents for dragging her out to research an uninhabited planet. On the other, we see the end result of her time on the Theseus - a crashed lander, buried bodies, and no idea how it all happened, because this is a "new" Jessica, fresh from the body printer on the planet's surface with none of the "original" Jessica's memories of how everything went wrong on the Theseus. How important are those missing memories in determining which one is the "real" Jessica? This book reminded me of some of the eeriest (in my opinion) Doctor Who episodes - Midnight and The Waters of Mars. It's not exactly horror, but it has some chilling elements of suspense that will send a thrill up your spine.