Stinger

Roanoke, Virginia has come under threat from a new danger to its underground club and drug culture. A new narcotic is being distributed whose source is stranger and more dangerous than both the locals and the police can comprehend.

Anyone who partakes of the mysterious chemical is savagely murdered soon afterwards... and their very large killer appears to be something completely inhuman. Black bees of an unfamiliar species are also appearing at the scenes of the crimes, with these swarms often adding to the carnage by viciously attacking victims themselves.

This menace soon results in severe personal tragedy for both Kirstin Crosby, a hardened young woman, and intrepid detective Trent Lurman, who is himself dealing with a serious trauma from the past. When Kirstin's best friend and a close friend of Lurman's late daughter are slain by this monstrous and enigmatic killer, both begin investigating the sketchy nightclub and the resident pushers from which the new drug originates... and the first dose is always free.

This novel of exquisite terror that cuts deeply into the human psyche and explores the depths of mental illness and substance addiction can only be told by Kristen Lester. She is the author of the highly rated horror novel Locked Within and purveyor of short stories and dark poetry, the latter including "There is Something at my Window" published in Sanitarium Magazine.

Rated Ex (Explicit) for graphic violence, sexual content, strong language, and intense themes.