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BAT
BAT – A standalone horror novel
When Flight 298 goes down deep in the Florida Everglades, rescuers expect bodies. What they don’t expect is something feeding on them. The swamp turns into a slaughterhouse, and the few rescuers who escape speak of a lizard-like creature that moves like a shadow through the reeds.
From the wreckage, only one survivor is found — a fifteen-year-old girl known only as Bat. She was strapped into a seat in the shattered tail section, barely alive. She shouldn’t have been on that flight. There’s no record she ever was. And as the investigation deepens, so does the nightmare
.
The government wants Bat contained. Dazette feels the girl is part of a bigger conspiracy. One that stretches back a hundred years and has repercussions that may change the future.
Horror meets conspiracy in a relentless survival story where nothing stays buried for long.
When Flight 298 goes down deep in the Florida Everglades, rescuers expect bodies. What they don’t expect is something feeding on them. The swamp turns into a slaughterhouse, and the few rescuers who escape speak of a lizard-like creature that moves like a shadow through the reeds.
From the wreckage, only one survivor is found — a fifteen-year-old girl known only as Bat. She was strapped into a seat in the shattered tail section, barely alive. She shouldn’t have been on that flight. There’s no record she ever was. And as the investigation deepens, so does the nightmare
.
The government wants Bat contained. Dazette feels the girl is part of a bigger conspiracy. One that stretches back a hundred years and has repercussions that may change the future.
Horror meets conspiracy in a relentless survival story where nothing stays buried for long.
319 pages, Paperback
Published November 20, 2025
About the author
Don Vodka
26 books16 followersBAT ... has been released in eBook and Paperback format on the Amazon sites. It's a standalone horror novel. Hope that's your thing.
And the best news is that BAT2 is coming out soon, and it will also be a STANDALONE, in the same series. In fact, I envision a 7-book series of STANDALONE BAT novels. Keep your seat belts fastened.
All of my sci-fi books are part of a big series. BUT EXCEPT FOR THE DAZETTE TRILOGY... THEY ARE ALL STANDALONES. There are currently 19 books and they involve a woman who came to Earth to warn of an alien invasion. Her daughter, Dazzle, is born and has alien DNA causing her to have enhancements... think claws, fangs. Years later Dazzle has a daughter, Misty, and her DNA has more than a little Reptilian mixed in with it. Fear not, for she enjoys nothing more than tearing the heads off of invading monsters.
More to come in that series. If you enjoy alien invasion, undercover clones, time travel, vicious killings, tequila, and plot twists, start with Invasion Earth and make your way through the series.
There is a book about me called FOR THE TAKING, written by Silver Cartwright, who interviewed me at length before he went about writing the book. It is around 80,000 words and tells about my life, which involved a lot of physical abuse at the hands of two people. You can read it in the book. It's on Amazon.
My newest books are a trilogy in the DAZETTE - DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS series. The books are individually called (1) HELL TO PAY, (2) THE DEVIL MAY CARE, and (3) RED MEANS DON'T STOP. They fall under the umbrella of the over-arcing ALIEN INVASION SERIES, which now numbers 18 books.
I usually add a book to the series every two to three months. And I never run out of ideas, so get onboard and enjoy.
Also, I have an audiobook for LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN. It is out now on Audible, iTunes, and Amazon. Send me an email for a FREE PROMO CODE donvodka@mail.com
You can find me (or try... haha) in southern Nevada in a little town called Sunrise. It's not on many maps so the best way is just to wander around until you stumble on the place.
Take care readers, and thanks for buying my books.
If I read your book (rarely because I'm busy writing) I rate them 5 star if they are very good, 4 star for good, 3 star for not too bad, and if below that I don't usually finish the book and so can't honestly rate it. I'm like everyone else... I don't rate every book, movie, or product.
In case you're wondering, I just (almost) graduated from high school. And I have about twenty-eight books published by a small outfit called Books Under The Stairs. Plus I have a few more books published under a pen name, too.
I added a couple more webpages...
donvodka.ca
dazette.ca
I also want to give a big shout-out to my grandpa up in Edmonton, Canada who is holding my hand and guiding me through this writing journey. Your experience and knowledge is so valuable to me. Thank you DH.
Enjoy, Donnalee Vodka
And the best news is that BAT2 is coming out soon, and it will also be a STANDALONE, in the same series. In fact, I envision a 7-book series of STANDALONE BAT novels. Keep your seat belts fastened.
All of my sci-fi books are part of a big series. BUT EXCEPT FOR THE DAZETTE TRILOGY... THEY ARE ALL STANDALONES. There are currently 19 books and they involve a woman who came to Earth to warn of an alien invasion. Her daughter, Dazzle, is born and has alien DNA causing her to have enhancements... think claws, fangs. Years later Dazzle has a daughter, Misty, and her DNA has more than a little Reptilian mixed in with it. Fear not, for she enjoys nothing more than tearing the heads off of invading monsters.
More to come in that series. If you enjoy alien invasion, undercover clones, time travel, vicious killings, tequila, and plot twists, start with Invasion Earth and make your way through the series.
There is a book about me called FOR THE TAKING, written by Silver Cartwright, who interviewed me at length before he went about writing the book. It is around 80,000 words and tells about my life, which involved a lot of physical abuse at the hands of two people. You can read it in the book. It's on Amazon.
My newest books are a trilogy in the DAZETTE - DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS series. The books are individually called (1) HELL TO PAY, (2) THE DEVIL MAY CARE, and (3) RED MEANS DON'T STOP. They fall under the umbrella of the over-arcing ALIEN INVASION SERIES, which now numbers 18 books.
I usually add a book to the series every two to three months. And I never run out of ideas, so get onboard and enjoy.
Also, I have an audiobook for LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN. It is out now on Audible, iTunes, and Amazon. Send me an email for a FREE PROMO CODE donvodka@mail.com
You can find me (or try... haha) in southern Nevada in a little town called Sunrise. It's not on many maps so the best way is just to wander around until you stumble on the place.
Take care readers, and thanks for buying my books.
If I read your book (rarely because I'm busy writing) I rate them 5 star if they are very good, 4 star for good, 3 star for not too bad, and if below that I don't usually finish the book and so can't honestly rate it. I'm like everyone else... I don't rate every book, movie, or product.
In case you're wondering, I just (almost) graduated from high school. And I have about twenty-eight books published by a small outfit called Books Under The Stairs. Plus I have a few more books published under a pen name, too.
I added a couple more webpages...
donvodka.ca
dazette.ca
I also want to give a big shout-out to my grandpa up in Edmonton, Canada who is holding my hand and guiding me through this writing journey. Your experience and knowledge is so valuable to me. Thank you DH.
Enjoy, Donnalee Vodka
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