Riya wakes up to find her colleagues have been viciously killed and she has no memory of the attack. With Brion, another scientist sent to rescue her, they work together to investigate what happened which sets in motion a terrifying chain of events.
No, and i wouldn't really say anything similar happens, but there are several times the main character is being attacked by other characters where they are on top of her and she is trying to fight them off
Spoilers: This is a parasitic possession, so if you feel that is too close to SA for you, thats something to consider
A character gets half their face beaten in and is missing an eye; several flashes of body horror of melting and exploding faces that has rye mutilation in them
Yes, a *lot*. There is a lot of melting, exploding, and distorting heads and faces as well as: someone gets their head graphically smashed in by a flying metal object, someone gets their head graphically bashed in with a pipe, and a corpses face gets eroded in a sand storm
The characters talk about how they sacrificed themselves to go on this expedition to live on a foreign planet, to find out if its viable for humans to live there