By Clifford D. Simak

The isolated little town of Millville starts to feel even smaller when a strange invisible force field traps the inhabitants within the community limits.

Panic sweeps through the community until, through a chain of unusual events, down on his luck real estate agent Brad Carter stumbles upon the source of their confinement: aliens.

Through this wild chance, Brad becomes the reluctant liaison for human-alien relations. Though even as Brad learns about the alien’s grand schemes, the people of Millville aren’t too happy to see Brad working so closely with the enemy.

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