During a blizzard at a remote mountain lodge, a detective investigating a mysterious death discovers several stranded guests are alien refugees hiding from deadly hunters who will kill everyone to reclaim them.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
90pp
Genre:
Sci-Fi, Thriller
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details

A violent winter storm traps a small group of guests inside a remote mountain lodge high in the Rockies during what was meant to be a playful murder-mystery weekend. When one of the attendees is found brutally murdered, the isolated setting quickly turns deadly serious.

Local detective Jack Hale arrives just before the blizzard cuts the lodge off from the outside world. With phones down, roads buried, and the storm worsening by the hour, Hale begins questioning the handful of stranded guests, each with secrets of their own.

But the investigation takes an unimaginable turn.

Two of the lodge’s guests are not what they appear to be. They are alien refugees hiding on Earth, living quietly among humans for years. And the murder is only the beginning.

Something else has followed them.

A relentless extraterrestrial hunter arrives during the storm, determined to reclaim its targets—and willing to kill anyone who gets in the way. With no escape and nowhere to hide, the snowbound lodge becomes a claustrophobic battleground as Hale and the remaining survivors struggle to understand the threat stalking them through the darkened halls.

As the body count rises and the storm seals their fate, Hale must decide whether to trust the mysterious strangers he once considered suspects—or help them survive the deadly hunter that will destroy everyone inside the lodge before morning.

The confrontation ends in a desperate final act that buries the lodge beneath a massive avalanche, destroying the creature and the only evidence of what truly happened that night.

When rescue helicopters arrive, Hale makes a choice that will haunt him forever: the truth will remain buried beneath the snow.

He reports a simple explanation—an avalanche, a tragic accident, and a mystery lost to the storm.

But as two survivors quietly disappear into the world beyond the mountains, Hale realizes that Earth may already be a refuge for more visitors than humanity has ever imagined.

THE LAST GUEST is a tense, contained science-fiction thriller that blends the intrigue of a classic locked-room mystery with the escalating terror of an extraterrestrial hunt—set almost entirely within a single isolated location as the storm closes in and survival becomes the only goal.

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The Writer: Gary Rose

I’m a multi-optioned screenwriter, novelist, retired police detective, and former educator. During my law-enforcement career, I investigated serious crimes and learned the delicate art of negotiating hostage situations—experience that continues to influence the tension, authenticity, and characters found throughout my work. My newest novel and screenplay, ALL IS NOT CALM, is a Christmas action thriller with a simple commercial hook: “Die Hard on a luxury cruise ship.” On Christmas Eve, a former Coast Guard commander must save his estranged wife—the ship’s captain—and hundreds of passengers when a vengeful hijacker turns the vessel into a weapon aimed at a fuel terminal. The published novel… Go to bio
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