Waliens

THE TRUTH ISN'T JUST OUT THERE—IT'S ON THE HILLSIDES, AND IT'S STEALING THE SHEEP.

A quiet valleys town in South Wales is thrust into the global spotlight when a local school becomes the site of a terrifying encounter with the unknown. What starts as a Tuesday morning break-time mystery quickly spirals into a full-blown cosmic crisis.

Soon, the rolling hills are crawling with sinister silver-suited beings, silent metallic discs haunt the Welsh skies, and a bizarre wave of thefts sees everything from shopping trolleys to entire flocks of sheep vanish without a trace.

THE VALLEYS GO VOYAGER. As the "Spaceman" sightings escalate, the community reaches a breaking point. Fear turns to a very particular kind of British paranoia:

•THE TIN FOIL RIOTS: Supplies of Reynolds Wrap run dangerously low as residents barricade their homes against "the rays."
•THE VOLUNTEERS: A ragtag team of Alien Defence Volunteers is formed—part neighbourhood watch, part Dad's Army—patrolling the borough with torches and a healthy dose of suspicion.

THE SKEPTIC IN THE CROSSHAIRS. Journalist Geraint Price has no time for "the ravings of loony crackpots." He'd much rather be exposing the failed multi-million-pound redevelopment schemes and the stench of council corruption at the Town Hall. But as the town descends into a state of emergency, Price and his colleagues find themselves pulled into a mystery that defies every law of logic: The Ffhâgdiwedd Thing.

In a world of "interplanetary craft" and "interdimensional visitors," can a local reporter uncover the truth before the tin foil runs out?

From the experts at the pub to the frantic police evacuations, Waliens is a gripping, witty, and expansive account of the day the South Wales Valleys became the centre of the universe. It's time to stop looking at the council minutes and start looking at the sky.