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They've come from the stars, and when they're finished with Earth, humanity will be finished. Can anyone survive their violent takeover?

The fourth in the Alien Science Fiction series by Simon J. Cooper, this is an alien takeover story told from the perspective of a hive minded species determined to eliminate humanity. But can humanity, unwittingly, convince the hive mind to change itself, and stop the carnage.

Opening:

Twenty-three years and two months after reaching Earth, our viral spread through the population reaches saturation.

Approximately twenty-two percent of humans are resistant. Of the seventy-eight percent of successfully infected hosts, one percent will act as sleepers. They will carry us in their chromosomes, unaware. On many planets, this has proven a successful strategy.