Invasion

(Paperback)

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Furry beach balls from another universe! Super-intelligent! Can bounce twenty feet high, live under water for weeks, change shapes into anything from a small alligator to a centipede to an eyeless four-foot human!

Old codger Billy and his two boys love these playful aliens, but when 'Louie' begins to play a game that involves hacking into government and corporate accounts, learning all that NSA knows, and stealing millions from banks to give to others, there's trouble. The life of Billy, his boys, and his wife Carlita, who becomes the Proteans' lawyer, begins a roller-coaster ride of fame, fortune, jail, getting killed, resurrected, and a distinguished ranking high on the FBI's "Most Wanted" List.

When other aliens join Louie in the game, the Government decides it must go to war against all Alien Terrorists. The results are . . . well, that's why you read the book.

Reviews

"Rhinehart's SF satire adeptly bounces back and forth between radically silly and serious, never going overboard in either direction, on its way to a potentially deadly but entertaining showdown between fun and tyranny." - Publisher's Weekly

"Rhinehart's exploration of the human condition and its myriad flaws through Louie's unique take on it is delightful, and fans of globe-hopping, madcap fun with a razor-sharp side dose of political and societal satire will gobble up this absurdist treat." -- Booklist

"A delightful, creative romp of an adventure that trails a thoughtful social message behind"
- Pop Mythology

"Political commentary meets first contact invention, and somehow comes out the other end a hilarious sci-fi comedy." - Barnes & Noble

"A delightful, creative romp of an adventure that trails a thoughtful social message behind" - Pop Mythology

"Rhinehart's exploration of the human condition and its myriad flaws through Louie's unique take on it is delightful, and fans of globe-hopping, madcap fun with a razor-sharp side dose of political and societal satire will gobble up this absurdist treat." - Booklist

Author Bio

Luke Rhinehart is the acclaimed author of ten works of fiction. His novel The Dice Man has been translated into 27 languages and has been praised by Loaded Magazine as "the Novel of the Century," by a BBC production as "one of the most influential books of the last half century," and by the London Telegraph as "one of the fifty great cult books of the last 50 years."