Specimen 2

By: Michael Cole

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

Sergeant Major Whitmore thought the nightmare was over. Three years following the incident on the island of South Fire, he enjoys the peaceful life of a retired man. But the past has a way of catching up to a man. When a mysterious and powerful figure reveals himself, Whitmore finds himself staring death in the eye once again. Caught in a web of lies and deceit, he is brought to an old naval research station in the eastern Pacific. There, he is forced to face his greatest adversary for the second time.

Its razor-sharp claws can sever limbs with minimal effort. Its mandibles can separate flesh from bone like tissue paper. The lance-shaped stinger on the end of its tail can penetrate two inches of steel. For its victims, death is a mercy. To those who created it, it is considered a scientific miracle. To everyone else, it is an unspeakable horror. To Whitmore, it is a Specimen of pure evil.

Replicated from the DNA of the creature on South Fire, it lives again. Sharing the intelligence and ruthlessness as its genetic forebear, it has outwitted the technology of Modern Man. Now it seeks to multiply its numbers by infecting any organism it comes across—terrestrial and marine. Only Whitmore and an unlikely band of allies stand in its way.

©2024 Michael Cole (P)2025 Tantor Media

BIG ASS BUGS....

I love the story ,how they came together and fought the big bad bug.I hope to see more of this series.

make a movie and change the book cover

I think both this book and the first one would make great movies and felt like they were both written as "scripts". I read the book descriptions and with the covers used, I was really expecting something more dinosaur-like vs the insectoid specimen. Both books were worth the listen if you want man vs science gone wrong. The first book reminded me of Predator. Give it a listen if that's what you're looking for.