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Invader
AN ALIEN INVASION... FROM THE ALIEN'S POINT OF VIEW
A meteor carrying liquid-crystal alien organisms crashes into the California desert. Desperate to survive these harsh conditions, the aliens soon begin husking and copying bodies — a cat, a coyote, an old man dying of cancer, a young woman deep into a mushroom trip, and PAIGE, an officer with the Bureau of Land Management.
The aliens are part of an ancient hive mind — the SisterMind — drifting through space from planet to planet, where they replicate, reproduce, and colonize, gutting each planet of its resources before leaving to do it all over again. This is their plan for our Earth as well...
But when alien Paige finds herself with a human mind and emotions and family in all of their complexities, she resists the plan — leading to a war between different SisterMind factions led by a sinister corporate CEO and a young, psychedelic cult leader in the desert.
A brain-melting mix of body-horror, philosophical sci-fi, and high-octane thriller, INVADER asks — is the terrifying miracle of human consciousness enough to stop an alien invasion?
In a style that's one part Stephen King, one part David Cronenberg, and one part shattering family drama, INVADER's gripping text is magnified by twenty full-color illustrations by acclaimed comic book artist JOCK (Wytches, Gone, The Losers, The Black Mirror).
"Part Starman, part Body Snatchers, part Under the Skin, this is sci-fi horror with gasoline in its veins, a bloody but moving study of humanhood by the aliens that might replace us. Smart, fast, funny, tragic, and a hundred other things too."
–– Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall and The Shape of Water
"If, like me, you ever wondered how Invasion of the Body Snatchers would play from the point of view of the aliens, here comes Invader! With prose by turns spare, taut, propulsive, and wildly psychedelic, Invader shows exactly what might happen when a collective hive mind attempts to infiltrate and rewire the chaotic, contradictory individuality of the human experience. Existential fireworks ensue!"
–– Grant Morrison, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisibles and Arkham Asylum
"The story is cinematic, scary, sagacious. It's incredible to me that the best book I've read on being human has come in the form of an alien invasion."
–– Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box, Daphne, and Incidents Around The House
A meteor carrying liquid-crystal alien organisms crashes into the California desert. Desperate to survive these harsh conditions, the aliens soon begin husking and copying bodies — a cat, a coyote, an old man dying of cancer, a young woman deep into a mushroom trip, and PAIGE, an officer with the Bureau of Land Management.
The aliens are part of an ancient hive mind — the SisterMind — drifting through space from planet to planet, where they replicate, reproduce, and colonize, gutting each planet of its resources before leaving to do it all over again. This is their plan for our Earth as well...
But when alien Paige finds herself with a human mind and emotions and family in all of their complexities, she resists the plan — leading to a war between different SisterMind factions led by a sinister corporate CEO and a young, psychedelic cult leader in the desert.
A brain-melting mix of body-horror, philosophical sci-fi, and high-octane thriller, INVADER asks — is the terrifying miracle of human consciousness enough to stop an alien invasion?
In a style that's one part Stephen King, one part David Cronenberg, and one part shattering family drama, INVADER's gripping text is magnified by twenty full-color illustrations by acclaimed comic book artist JOCK (Wytches, Gone, The Losers, The Black Mirror).
"Part Starman, part Body Snatchers, part Under the Skin, this is sci-fi horror with gasoline in its veins, a bloody but moving study of humanhood by the aliens that might replace us. Smart, fast, funny, tragic, and a hundred other things too."
–– Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall and The Shape of Water
"If, like me, you ever wondered how Invasion of the Body Snatchers would play from the point of view of the aliens, here comes Invader! With prose by turns spare, taut, propulsive, and wildly psychedelic, Invader shows exactly what might happen when a collective hive mind attempts to infiltrate and rewire the chaotic, contradictory individuality of the human experience. Existential fireworks ensue!"
–– Grant Morrison, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisibles and Arkham Asylum
"The story is cinematic, scary, sagacious. It's incredible to me that the best book I've read on being human has come in the form of an alien invasion."
–– Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box, Daphne, and Incidents Around The House
233 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 8, 2025
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About the author
Brian DeLeeuw
3 books15 followersBrian DeLeeuw is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of two novels: THE DISMANTLING and IN THIS WAY I WAS SAVED. Along with director Adam Egypt Mortimer, he adapted the latter novel into the feature film DANIEL ISN'T REAL. He is also the co-screenwriter of PARADISE HILLS and the horror feature SOME KIND OF HATE, among other films. Most recently, he and Mortimer co-wrote the illustrated sci-fi/horror novel INVADER, with art by award-winning comics artist Jock.
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