Organism X and Other Tales

This trio of short stories delves into the horrific consequences that arise when hubris leads each of the main protagonists into conflict with sinister forces beyond human comprehension. In Organism X, a dying billionaire takes an extraterrestrial creature captive to cheat death, not realizing that the alien prisoner has an agenda of its own. Jack's Last Hunt follows an arrogant foreign traveler as he ventures into the heart of a Southeast Asian jungle, provoking the fury of the jungle's mysterious inhabitants. Sea Sprite plays out in a remote Indonesian fishing village where an ambitious young engineer encounters a vindictive presence from the ocean when he disrupts an ancient pact.