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The secret galactics

by A. E. van Vogt

After a brief temporal anomaly, a secret war begins for control of Earth, where disguised, genetically altered aliens occupy key positions of power. A small resistance group, including a disembodied brain in a mechanical body, holds a crucial secret to stopping them.

Accession 32002 ISBN — Publisher Sidgwick & Jackson
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