Overgrowth

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Day of the Triffids meets Little Shop of Horrors in this smart, charming, harrowing alien invasion story about being human, by a Hugo-award winning author.

Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has believed her. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realise that it's already been warned, and it may be too late. The invasion is coming, Stasia's biological family is on the way to bring her home, and very few family reunions are willing to cross the gulf of space for just one misplaced child. What happens when you know what's coming, and just refuse to listen

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Praise for Overgrowth

• Mira Grant re-cements her place at the top of the sci-fi horror genre. T. Kingfisher, author of What Moves the Dead

• I've never read anything like this. Overgrowth is poignant, beautiful and terrifying by turns. Grant has written a first contact story that captures the wonder of encountering something truly alienand the horror of learning how much of the alien is already inside us. A unique and utterly addictive read, from the first green shoots to the final harvest. M.R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts

• A sweeping green storm in which Grant offers a garden of seclusion, and finding yourself, and the end of the world too. Overgrowth is charming and yet horrific, a modern sci-fi shadow cast by past fears and the looming future of our lonely planet. Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth

Praise for Mira Grant:

• Astonishing...a fascinating exploration of the future. New York Times on the Newsflesh series

• I can't wait for the next book. N.K. Jemisin on Feed

• Engrossing and adrenaline-fueled. Shelf Awareness on Into the Drowning Deep

• Grant's skillfully crafted story combines science, horror, and mystery into a gripping novel of terror." Library Journal, starred review, on Into the Drowning Deep

• Absolutely delivers on beastly terror.... Best-selling author Mira Grant is one of today's best horror authors. Vulture on Into the Drowning Deep

• Grant's heady brew of visceral horror, fascinating science, and, of course, the hubris of mankind in the face of the awesome unknown is irresistible." Kirkus Reviews on Into the Drowning Deep

Author Bio

Mira Grant lives in California, sleeps with a machete under her bed and highly suggests you do the same. Mira Grant is the open pseudonym of Seanan McGuire, a successful fantasy and Hugo Award winning writer. Find out more about the author at www.miragrant.com or follow her on twitter @seananmcguire.