TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hamilton,Edmond
AU  - Rognan,Lloyd
TI  - The Sinister Invasion
T2  - Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy June 1957
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Adventure stories
KW  - Spy stories
KW  - Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2021-06-01; Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Sinister Invasion" by Alexander Blade is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story follows Ross Birrel, an ordinary electrical engineer who is unexpectedly recruited into a secretive government agency to fulfill a critical role as a cosmic counter-spy. The narrative explores the intrigue of espionage against the backdrop of otherworldly revelations, as Birrel discovers that threats to Earth might originate from somewhere far beyond terrestrial borders.  The opening of the novel introduces Birrel's life transforming unexpectedly when a mysterious agent approaches him in his apartment and forcibly recruits him for unknown official business. Taken to a hidden government facility, he learns about a recently discovered dead body of a spy that closely resembles him, leading to a high-stakes operations where he would need to impersonate this extraterrestrial spy to uncover a potential alien threat. As he grapples with his growing sense of danger and confusion regarding his identity, Birrel is thrust into a world of cosmic espionage, deceit, and the urgent need to protect Earth from unknown forces. This fast-paced and suspenseful introduction sets the stage for an exploration of interstellar intrigue and the moral dilemmas of espionage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65483
ER  -