Books like Ghost ship by Sharon Lee

A middle‑aged man returns to his childhood home, where memories of a magical girl and a mysterious farm haunt him, revealing a dark, supernatural mystery from his youth.

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

Inspector Tyador Borlú journeys from Besźel to Ul Qoma to investigate the murder of a woman, navigating two distinct cities that both share one physical space yet have separate identities.

A lyrical saga that follows fifteen‑year‑old Holly Sykes, a psychic teenager who awakens a network of mystical forces and secret societies, while her family's lives intertwine across continents and centuries amid a hidden war between mystics and their enemies.

Helva, a human brain housed in a sleek titanium scout ship, navigates the far reaches of space with daring adventures, a celestial voice, and the promise of an extraordinary partnership that ultimately leads to love.

When the extradimensional Flow that powers interstellar travel moves, the vast Interdependency empire risks collapse. A scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox must race to save humanity.

A former Jedi warrior discovers a secret that threatens the Republic, leading him to confront his memories and evil side in The Old Republic: Revan, the latest in the Star Wars Legends series by Drew Karpyshyn.

James Luceno’s 2008 novel explores the backstory of Han Solo’s iconic starship, the Millennium Falcon, within the Star Wars expanded universe.

When the Solar Queen decodes a derelict ship and docks at a mysterious space habitat, its crew faces alien stowaways, pirate gangs, and bureaucratic obstacles that threaten their survival in this space adventure.

In a futuristic solar‑system society, The Quantum Thief follows a cunning thief amid advanced encryption, shared‑memory communication, and a civilization born from a virtual gaming guild.

A young cargo‑master apprentice, Dane Thorson, embarks on the first interstellar run aboard the free trader Solar Queen to the outer‑rim world Limbo, where a war past and alien presence await.

Traders aboard the Solar Queen and its sister ship North Star land on the ore‑rich planet Hesprid IV, only to confront deadly electromagnetic storms, lethal lifeforms, and a desperate attempt to communicate with the planet’s creatures.

In the first volume of a wacky space opera, human smugglers, veterans, and ne'erdowells confront the Vetch Empire while an evil race from another dimension threatens the galaxy.

On the decadent world of Vega III, Lady Nimisha Boynton‑Rondymense rises from her father’s secret assistant to the head of the renowned Rondymense shipyards, only to find a rival heir and a sabotaged test flight threatening her future.

The Ghost Brigades are elite soldiers created from the DNA of dead heroes, tasked with protecting humanity in a universe where rival races have formed an uneasy alliance.

Nine‑year‑old Thomas visits his grandmother on Cape Cod and discovers a ship’s cabin boy from centuries past, setting off a supernatural adventure that blends sea life and ghostly secrets for young readers.

Exiled former Royal of the Rom, Yakoub must return to the stars, reclaim his throne, and lead his people to the Romany Star as the Galactic Empire teeters on the brink of chaos.

In *Destroyer*, C. J. Cherryh continues the Foreigner saga with the survivors of a lost spacecraft crash‑landing on a planet ruled by a hostile, sentient alien race.

In the interstellar conflicts of Conpirator, Cajeiri, son of the Western Association’s leader, struggles to protect his father and his people as alien rivals threaten their fragile rule.

Captain Laurent Zai defends an Imperial Frigate against a Rix invasion, while his lover Senaotr Nara Oxham becomes embroiled in a deadly power struggle with the Emperor, who hides a secret that could lead to the destruction of worlds.

Human survivors of a lost spacecraft are stranded on a hostile planet, building a society that evolves from steampunk to space politics and battles other alien species across distant star systems.

Retired Captain James T. Kirk investigates the assassination of Spock, uncovering a plot that threatens Romulan peace and the fate of the galaxy.

James T. Kirk and Jean‑Luc Picard confront a deadly mystery on Bajor, where sabotage and murder threaten a scientific expedition and the safety of a dying child.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Lieutenant Jasminder Choudhury survives the Borg attack on her homeworld Deneva and struggles to learn whether her family escaped, while Captain Picard leads the Enterprise in a desperate search for displaced souls.

In Star Trek: Dark Victory, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the galaxy to confront the sinister Mirror Universe Emperor Tiberius and the hidden threats within Starfleet that threaten both universes.

After his mother dies, 12‑year‑old David escapes into the stories that once comforted him, only for myth and war to collide in a world where a Crooked Man and a faded king rule over wolves and hidden secrets.