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Impostor
August 1986: a small town, cut off from the rest of the world, confronts a creature beyond earthly understanding.
As the only road in or out is about to be demolished, the decaying mining town of Miskawabik, Michigan receives a pair of unlikely visitors. The first is Eunice Foote, born and bred in Miskawabik, the only black girl in a place so far removed from modern sensibilities. She vowed never to return after she started medical school, but her father's failing health draws her back for what she hopes is the last time.
The second is an extraterrestrial lifeform. It has no bad memories of home, no anger toward the townspeople, no love for family. It only wants to control and consume.
Impostor is a science-fiction/horror novel with a brutally dark sense of humor, biting social commentary, and plenty of homages to horror films of the 1970's and 1980's.
As the only road in or out is about to be demolished, the decaying mining town of Miskawabik, Michigan receives a pair of unlikely visitors. The first is Eunice Foote, born and bred in Miskawabik, the only black girl in a place so far removed from modern sensibilities. She vowed never to return after she started medical school, but her father's failing health draws her back for what she hopes is the last time.
The second is an extraterrestrial lifeform. It has no bad memories of home, no anger toward the townspeople, no love for family. It only wants to control and consume.
Impostor is a science-fiction/horror novel with a brutally dark sense of humor, biting social commentary, and plenty of homages to horror films of the 1970's and 1980's.
363 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 23, 2024
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Aaron Johnson
33 books118 followersAaron Johnson is the author of middle-grade mystery-adventure novels and non-fiction books in the field of online education.
Middle-Grade Fiction
Aaron Johnson is the author and illustrator of the middle-grade mystery-adventure books in the National Park Mystery Series. As a backcountry guide, he has lived numerous months out of his backpack exploring Rocky Mountain National Park and the wilderness areas of Colorado. He is a former high school and middle school teacher and the founder of the online hiking guide, Dayhikes Near Denver. With over one-million visitors per year, it has become the most popular hiking resource for the Denver Metro Area and Front Range of Colorado. Aaron lives with his wife and two daughters in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Explore more at https://nationalparkmysteryseries.com
Online Teaching and Learning
Aaron Johnson is Associate Dean of Educational Technology at Denver Seminary, a graduate school in Littleton, Colorado. As a veteran online educator, Mr. Johnson's goal is to support teachers transitioning to the online classroom and those who want to improve their teaching skills.
His books have become go-to resources for colleges, universities, and K-12 school districts. Their to-the-point style and practical ideas make them easy to read and immediately applicable. Readers describe the series as "useful," "helpful," "applicable," "reassuring," and "accessible."
His background includes work as a teacher, instructional designer, and faculty developer. During the initial days of COVID, Mr. Johnson was a sought-after aid to institutions that needed help transitioning their faculty to online delivery.
You can learn more at https://excellentonlineteaching.com
Middle-Grade Fiction
Aaron Johnson is the author and illustrator of the middle-grade mystery-adventure books in the National Park Mystery Series. As a backcountry guide, he has lived numerous months out of his backpack exploring Rocky Mountain National Park and the wilderness areas of Colorado. He is a former high school and middle school teacher and the founder of the online hiking guide, Dayhikes Near Denver. With over one-million visitors per year, it has become the most popular hiking resource for the Denver Metro Area and Front Range of Colorado. Aaron lives with his wife and two daughters in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Explore more at https://nationalparkmysteryseries.com
Online Teaching and Learning
Aaron Johnson is Associate Dean of Educational Technology at Denver Seminary, a graduate school in Littleton, Colorado. As a veteran online educator, Mr. Johnson's goal is to support teachers transitioning to the online classroom and those who want to improve their teaching skills.
His books have become go-to resources for colleges, universities, and K-12 school districts. Their to-the-point style and practical ideas make them easy to read and immediately applicable. Readers describe the series as "useful," "helpful," "applicable," "reassuring," and "accessible."
His background includes work as a teacher, instructional designer, and faculty developer. During the initial days of COVID, Mr. Johnson was a sought-after aid to institutions that needed help transitioning their faculty to online delivery.
You can learn more at https://excellentonlineteaching.com
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May 3, 2024
I’m a little biased because I’m such a big fan of the dude who wrote this, but it’s really good! Propulsively plotted, clearly informed by experience (the UP parts, not the mind controlling bugs parts, I assume), and whip smart. There’s a blood transfusion scene that actually made me light-headed to read it. Now he needs to write some more books!
October 15, 2024
This book! I loved Yune so, so much. She is such a flawed and smart and badass character, with so many twisty feelings about her hometown and becoming a doctor. She’s brilliant and full of self-doubt and hates everything but also loves the people who are important to her. I loved her friendship with Pete. She has these complex, imperfect feelings about her dad and Aunt and the overall concept of familial responsibility and what we “owe” the people/places who raised us – and that’s sort of the drumbeat behind this book. (...that, and trying to stop an alien life form from taking over the world.)
The first half-ish of the book shows the “being” slowly evolving and gaining more power, and sets up Yune’s background and the characters that live in this tiny town in the UP that’s about to be roadblocked. The mining stuff was super interesting, and the scenes about the riots in the ‘60s in Detroit punched me in the gut. The pace really picks up in the second half of the book and I flew through it. The descriptions of people getting the shit kicked out of them is amazing and horrifying and gross but not TOO gross. Also, Bubba was the best. (Every book should have a dog.)
The first half-ish of the book shows the “being” slowly evolving and gaining more power, and sets up Yune’s background and the characters that live in this tiny town in the UP that’s about to be roadblocked. The mining stuff was super interesting, and the scenes about the riots in the ‘60s in Detroit punched me in the gut. The pace really picks up in the second half of the book and I flew through it. The descriptions of people getting the shit kicked out of them is amazing and horrifying and gross but not TOO gross. Also, Bubba was the best. (Every book should have a dog.)
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