One year after the attempted ecosystem invasion, Bishop, Angela, and Yutu are trying to return to a normal life in Montana's Apex Valley. But one night, while hiking behind Big J Ranch, Bishop witnesses a red blinking light deep in the woods.
After calling up his good friend Colbrick, Bishop learns the government has set up fenced quadrants in the national forest, and there are wild rumors of experiments and dangerous new species.
Before things can get worse, Bishop, Angela, Yutu, and Colbrick set out to stop any remnant invasive before their flashing red tags reach 200 BPM and send an "all clear for full invasion" signal to the master species.
Michael Hodges is an American speculative fiction writer. His debut novel, The Puller, was released on April 24, 2015. Film rights for The Puller were purchased by Sonny Mallhi, producer of the film classic "The Strangers". The Puller was acquired by award winning publisher PYR in 2021. Tentative release date is November 2021. Michael's latest release is a short story collection called "The Gloaming". Michael's short stories have been published in over twenty magazines and anthologies, and he's a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
He's also taught writing with Game of Thrones editor Anne Groell. His novel, "Black Friday" was called a "Glorious work of literature" by Horror Novel Reviews.
Along with writing fiction, Hodges is a professional nature photographer, with work appearing in Outside Magazine (Best Adventure Photography of the Year) and newspapers, amongst other places. Animals often play a big role in his fiction, and the two art forms feed each other. He loves hearing from readers at:
A thrilling and engrossing followup to The Invasive. I didn't think Michael Hodges could do it, but he created monsters even more terrifying than the first book.