It’s no secret that Dan Aykroyd is deeply interested in supernatural happenings, alien lifeforms, and the like, and he’s bringing all of his passions together with debut novel Soulhider.
Dan Aykroyd’s Soulhider will be published October 27, 2026 from HarperCollins.
The publisher previews, “The legendary Dan Aykroyd makes his literary debut with this mind-bending, page-turning speculative adventure about a regular guy caught up in a battle between warring aliens, told with equal doses of humor, suspense, and cosmic intrigue.”
Here’s the plot rundown for Dan Aykroyd’s debut novel Soulhider:
Doug Beeston is an ordinary insurance adjustor in his mid-thirties, living an unremarkable life with his wife and kids in central New York State. Until one day, out of the clear blue sky, Doug is tapped by alien lifeforms to take on an extraordinary mission. The assignment? Hide the human souls they’ve harvested for mysterious reasons of their own in various locations across Earth—using his prowess as a risk assessor to assure their precious commodities will not go missing.
Doug embraces his responsibility with pride, believing he’s playing a crucial role in something far bigger than himself and enjoying the lucrative side of his new vocation. But as he soon discovers, he’s not just a courier—he’s a pawn. Multiple alien species are locked in a silent interdimensional rivalry, using Doug as an unwitting middleman in their cosmic chess game. The more he understands his role, the more Doug realizes that the fate of Earth itself may hang in the balance.
HarperCollins previews, “Channeling Dan Aykroyd’s signature hilarious wit and deep fascination with the supernatural, Soulhider is a high-stakes, hilarious ride that only he could write, exploring the unseen forces shaping our world—both terrestrial and otherwise.”
“My writing of this novel was motivated by two factors. As an experiencer, a close-up witness of two vivid separate UFOs/UAPs, my curiosity was stimulated by who might be operating these hyper-advanced airborne platforms and what an average person would do if contacted by these beings,” Dan Aykroyd told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement.
You can pre-order copies – both signed(!) and unsigned – from Barnes & Noble now.
Dan Aykroyd of course co-wrote the original Ghostbusters and its sequel alongside Harold Ramis, along with the films The Blues Brothers, Nothing But Trouble, and Coneheads.
Aykroyd will next be producing a new Ghostbusters animated series for Netflix.
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