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Name: The Puppet Masters

Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Year: 1951
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Popularity: 4.7
Genres/categories: Science fiction, Classic, Horror, Fantasy, Adventure

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ISBN:
9780345904850
9780451015440
9780451023667
9780451028631
9780451037527
9780786181490
9780786192700
9781567231564
0345904850
0451015444
0451023668
0451028635
0451037529
0786181494
0786192704
156723156X
First came the news that a flying saucer had landed in Iowa. Then came the announcement that the whole thing was a hoax. End of story. Case closed.
Except that two agents of the most secret intelligence agency in the U.S. government were on the scene and disappeared without reporting back. Then four more follow up agents also disappeared. So the head of the agency and his two top agents went in and managed to get out with their discovery: an invasion is underway by slug-like aliens who can touch a human and completely control his or her mind. What the humans know, they know. What the slugs want, no matter what, the human will do. And most of Iowa is already under their control.
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 working for the invaders, with no will of his own. And he has just learned that a high official in the Treasury Department is now under control of the aliens. Since the Treasury Department includes the Secret Service, which safeguards the President of the United States, control of the entire nation is near at hand.
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