"The most original piece of imaginative fiction since Wells wrote The War of the Worlds." - Birmingham Mail


"Against the novels written for wholesale consumption, the fantasies of Frank Baker are an unfailing delight." - New York Times


"The story . . . is ingenious, and succeeds in creating a sinister atmosphere."
Time and Tide



Those who are old enough to remember still speak of the days "before the birds came." For the birds did come, descending on London by the thousands or even millions, inexplicably and seemingly out of nowhere. At...