Eight Arms To Hold Me is an exuberant alien invasion tale with epic battles, a dash of romance, intrigue, laughs and an octopus hero you’re going to fall in love with. If you like actual science in your science fiction, but also love the old school thrill of ray gun wielding space crabs, you’re gonna devour this!
A Hero Shall Rise, but he has no bones...
Because he's an octopus!
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Joshua Mertz
Joshua Mertz has a degree in film from USC, which is where he learned how to tell a story. Among a myriad of other jobs, he was a radio deejay for awhile before working as a teleprompter in Hollywood for over 20 years. His cyberpunk novel, Machine Dreams, was published in 2000. His short stories have appeared in Amazing Stories, Aboriginal Science Fiction, New Maps, and the Halloween anthology Harvest Tales & Midnight Revels. He is oddly compelled to compose—and recite—limericks.
Joshua Mertz
Joshua Mertz has a degree in film from USC, which is where he learned how to tell a story. Among a myriad of other jobs, he was a radio deejay for a while before working as a teleprompter in Hollywood for over 20 years. His cyberpunk novel, Machine Dreams, was published in 2000. His short stories have appeared in Amazing Stories, Aboriginal Science Fiction, New Maps, and the Halloween anthology Harvest Tales & Midnight Revels. He is oddly compelled to compose—and recite—limericks.
Praise for Eight Arms To Hold Me
“I was riveted to every page of this novel. Fast-paced, beautifully written, and smartly informed.”
~ Sy Montgomery, author of “The Soul Of An Octopus”
