Summary

Intrusion: 1995

A pregnant woman sleeps quietly beside her husband when an owl comes to the window. An alien presence is downloaded into the baby’s brain, but neither the mother nor the child will ever remember anything.

Part 1, The Last Historian: Chapters 1-24

Chapter 1

Cassie thinks about the difference between the aliens in Hollywood movies and those who have really invaded the world.

Chapter 2

Cassie worries that she might be the last human on Earth. She misses her father even though he once annoyed her to no end. Cassie thinks of who she once was and how different she is now, just five short months after the invasion began.

Chapter 3

Cassie recalls when she went to a convenience store to load up on water and found a soldier in the hallway behind the coolers where her water...