So, ‪‎novel‬ 2 is out. I received this question a lot the last year: “The Puller is cool, man. But are you working on anything new?” Always.
The Invasive takes place in ‪‎Montana‬, with the Mission Mountains and Seeley-Swan valley as the inspiration for the setting. Expect mayhem, and a ton of animals. And thanks to Ted Kosmatka (author of the Flicker Men and writer for Valve Software)for the awesome blurb!

I’m glad this story is out. I consulted with a NASA scientist to determine the most realistic type of alien invasion. The result is this novel, half of which was written at U.S. service campgrounds across Montana. You can pick up a copy by clicking here.

Hey everyone, we’re going to be giving away advance Ebook copies of The Invasive. All you have to do is join the community mailing list on the right column of this page to enter for your chance to win. The Invasive takes place in Montana, where strange new species begin to appear in a remote valley (some friendly, most not).

We also have hundreds of new members on our mailing list thanks to Miscon, so I want to send out a reminder that my debut novel, The Puller is up on Amazon.

The Puller has been published overseas as well, where it is known as Trapped.

The official announcement is up at Publisher’s Marketplace this afternoon. I’m thrilled to be releasing THE INVASIVE. A big thanks to my agent Laura Wood, film agent Susan Schulman, and the crew at Fineprint and Severed. Most of THE INVASIVE was written in ‪Montana‬. The ‪novel‬ should be out in the wild soon.

Fiction:

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Author of THE PULLER, Michael Hodges’s THE INVASIVE, in which a couple discovers that invasive species from another planet are taking over their beloved Apex Mountains and with the help of a ‪mountain‬ man, a dog, and native ‪grizzlies‬ and ‪eagles‬, fight to defend their turf, to Gary Lucas at Severed Press, by Laura Wood at FinePrint Literary Management (World English and German).
Translation except German: jacqueline@fineprintlit.com
Film/TV: susan@schulmanagency.com
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#Novel‬ 2 is called “The Invasive”, and it will be out this spring. Press release forthcoming, etc.

“The Puller” was the first novel I ever wrote (and short story). “The Invasive” is the second. Apparently they’re going in order.

I wrote much of the novel in various national forest campgrounds across ‪Montana‬ in 2010. Since the novel takes place in Montana, I wanted the writing to be real. So I sat in campgrounds, hoping for my laptop power not to expire while besieged by mosquitoes and black flies.

“The Invasive” is a different novel than “The Puller”. It’s more akin to a lean, modern day thriller, while “The Puller” was experimental and more early King-ish. However, “The Invasive” contains the dark organic elements my work is known for. And yeah, bears. This time grizzly.