They Invade Your Body. . . Billions of pellet-sized spores have arrived. Swarming our cities, they find ways inside our bodies as they transform humans into hideous monsters, living only to feed on those closest to them—friends, parents, even children. . . And Do Not Leave. . . In New York City, Joe Burton leads a desperate clutch of survivors against the Invaders. But he discovers that it's not only the once-human creatures that have turned on their own as the world descends into chaos, a winner-take-all struggle for survival begins. Until It's Too Late. . . As the living turn viciously against one other, the Invaders prepare for the next stage of their conquest—and it soon becomes clear to Burton that the horror he survived was just the beginning. . . "Gates writes with such all-stops out intensity that even Stephen King's faithful followers will begrudgingly admit the presence of a possible heir to the throne."— Publishers Weekly "Hail to the new King!"— The Journal Express