HIVE

Once the notorious playboy of L.A.'s literary scene-celebrated for his buzzy, controversial bestsellers-our author has lost his luster. Blacklisted by publishers and haunted by #MeToo accusations, he has quit writing, taken a teaching job, and settled into a dead-end marriage. But a black envelope, carrying an invitation to a mysterious creative residency, offers him one final chance to recover his voice and manhood-and to write his buzziest novel yet.

So begins an electric literary mystery about six men who have been lured to the Hive, a private island run by women and ruled by a diabolical matriarch. Invited to unmask the Queen, the men disappear, until only one man remains. And his last hope to escape lies in that new novel he's finally writing-the one you are about to read.