- First came the news that a flying saucer had landed in Iowa. Then came theannouncement that the whole thing was a hoax. End of story. Case closed. Exceptthat two agents of the most secret intelligence agency in the U.S. governmentwere on the scene and disappeared without reporting in. And four more agents whowere sent in also disappeared. So the head of the agency and his two top agentswent in and managed to get out with their discovery: an invasion is underway byslug-like aliens who can touch a human and completely control his or her mind!Sam Cavanaugh was one of the agents who discovered the truth. Unfortunately,that was just before he was taken over by one of the aliens and began workingfor the invaders, with no will of his own. And he has just learned that a highofficial in the Treasury Department is now under control of the aliens. Sincethe Treasury Department includes the Secret Service, which safeguards thePresident of the United States, control of the entire nation is near athand...
- ISBN10 143913376X
- ISBN13 9781439133767
- Publish Date 9 August 2010 (first published 1 December 1952)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Baen Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 368
- Language English