Argonaut

The new novel by the popular editor of Analog

Thirty years from now, a man enjoying a gardens blossoms, butterflies, and buzzing bees is stung between the eyes by a strange flying insect and overwhelmed by an intense flood of memories. As he collapses, he manages to catch and hold on to the bug.

At the hospital, medical technologist Pilar Ramirez watches as the creature is pried from Lester Ordways hand. It releases a swarm of even smaller flyers that sting her and several others in the emergency room, causing similar, if milder, cognitive effects. Frightened but fascinated, and frustrated by the hospitals attempt to dismiss what happened after the bugs disappear, Pilar joins Lesters quest for an explanation.

Pilar and Lester enlist the help of entomologist Maybelle Terwilliger, and the three soon suspect that they have discovered the vanguard of a secret alien invasion, a pervasive reconnaissance that puts the legendary 100 eyes of Argus to shame. Somebody is literally bugging the planet. Can Pilar and her friends convince the government before its too late?