From the series: Books by Celeste Crane

The Hive Directive

by Celeste Crane

About

One woman. One Hive. A primal battle for control.

She woke from cryo—but didn't realize she was waking to be claimed, bred, and assimilated.

Commander Lys Solis expected routine. She awakened to nightmare. Alone aboard a drifting colony ship, she quickly realizes something intelligent has invaded. Something with a singular, relentless purpose: reproduction.

Marked by the Hive as "Prime Viability," Lys finds herself trapped within an alien ecosystem that monitors her every move. Biological urges are induced. Resistance is futile. Her body is no longer solely her own.

And the entity orchestrating her transformation?

The Hive doesn't just demand obedience—it demands complete biological surrender.

Her flesh responds first, instinctively craving what she fears most. Her mind soon follows, reshaped by alien desires, reprogrammed for compliance.

But within Lys, a spark of defiance flickers, aware and calculating.

Because what begins as subjugation soon becomes symbiosis.

What starts as horror evolves into pleasure.

And the Hive has no idea of the rebellion quietly forming at its heart.