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The Puppet Masters

Pages
175
Published
1952
Language
English

Synopsis

When a supposed flying saucer hoax in Iowa turns deadly, two secret agents vanish, followed by four more. The head of a top-secret agency and his elite team uncover a terrifying truth: slug-like aliens are invading, taking over human minds and wills. As most of Iowa falls under their control, agent Sam Cavanaugh, now compromised, discovers the aliens' reach extends to a high-ranking Treasury official, threatening the entire nation.

About the author

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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988) was an American science fiction writer, born in Butler, Missouri. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1929 and served in the Navy until 1934, afterwards studying mathematics and physics briefly at UCLA. He sold his first story, "Life-Line", to Astounding Science Fiction in 1939 and became one of that magazine's leading contributors. In the late 1940s he was among the first science fiction authors to place work in general-interest magazines such...

Characters

Sam CavanaughProtagonist
The Puppet MastersAntagonist
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