Project Gutenberg 2021-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 142 Hamilton, Edmond 1904 1977 Sterling, Brett Rognan, Lloyd 1923 2005 Rognan, Lloyd Norman The Sinister Invasion Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy June 1957 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories Spy stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 155459 2025-09-26T05:24:06.320639 text/html 133686 2024-10-18T14:06:53 text/html 581274 2025-09-26T05:24:09.009636 application/epub+zip 582110 2025-09-26T05:24:06.800621 application/epub+zip 116962 2025-09-26T05:24:06.543622 application/epub+zip 565898 2025-09-26T05:24:10.754598 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557476 2025-09-26T05:24:08.773608 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171093 2022-09-29T13:16:55.346017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145551 2025-09-26T05:24:05.967606 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 125726 2024-10-18T14:06:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17536 2025-09-26T05:24:10.879588 application/rdf+xml 26617 2025-09-26T05:24:06.629606 image/jpeg 4719 2025-09-26T05:24:06.585629 image/jpeg 765363 2025-09-26T05:24:06.350636 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia