This handsome new book combines three Finney favorites in an omnibus edition that brilliantly displays his bold and unmistakable imagination. Certain to delight anyone with a penchant for penetrating imaginary realms of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure.

Si Morley is bored with his job as a commercial illustrator and his social life doesn't seem to be going anywhere. So, when he is approached by an affable ex football star and told that he is just what the government is looking for to take part in a top secret programme, he doesn't hesitate for too long. And so one day Si steps out of his twentieth century, New York apartment and finds himself back in January 1882. There are no cars, no planes, no computers, no television and the word 'nuclear' appears in no dictionaries. For Si, it's very like Eden, somewhere he could find happiness. But has...

When Becky Driscoll turns up at Dr Miles Bennell's consulting room after hours one August evening and tells him that her cousin Wilma doesn't think that her Uncle Ira is really her Uncle Ira, it is just the beginning of a nightmare. As the number of similar stories multiplies, Miles discovers the horrific truth.

Jednoho tichého večera v poklidném malém městečku Mill Valley v Kalifornii doktor Miles Bennell odhalí zákeřnou a děsivou skutečnost. Město zjevně zamořila jakási mimozemská semena pocházející z lusků připomínajích rostliny - ta nahradila spící lidi jejich dokonalými klony, které mají stejné vědomosti, vzpomínky nebo šrámy jako oni, ale na rozdíl od svých obětí jsou neschopné lidských emocí nebo citů.
Mimozemské formy života tak tiše a nenápadně zaplavily těla a mysli Bennellových sousedů, přátel, rodiny, milované ženy - celého jemu...