The Puppet Masters

by Robert A. Heinlein

An Epic Battle Against Mind-Controlling Alien Invaders as Only Robert A. Heinlein, the Best-Selling Grand Master of Science Fiction, Could Tell It. "One of the most influential writers in American literature." --The New York Times Book Review.

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 in. And four more agents who were sent in 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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The Puppet Masters
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9780451111883      ISBN 10: 0451111885
Publisher: SIGNET  1951

The Puppet Masters
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9780451028631      ISBN 10: 0451028635
Publisher: SIGNET  1963

The Puppet Masters
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9780451085382      ISBN 10: 0451085388
Publisher: New American Library  1978

The Puppet Masters
Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 9781439133767      ISBN 10: 143913376X
Publisher: Baen  2010