Giant, technologically superior aliens have conquered Earth, but humankind survives - even flourishes in a way. Men and women live like mice in burrows in the massive walls of the huge homes of the aliens, scurrying about under their feet, stealing from them. A complex social and religious order has evolved, with women preserving knowledge and working as healers, and men serving as warriors and thieves. For the aliens, men and women are just a nuisance, neither civilized nor intelligent, and certainly not a worthy adversary. In fact, they are regarded as vermin, to be exterminated. Which, ironically, may just be humankind's strength and point the way forward.
- ISBN10 0417034806
- ISBN13 9780417034805
- Publish Date 12 July 1979 (first published 19 March 1971)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 252
- Language English