&quot;NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE.<br><br>I LOVED IT!&quot;<br>--Tom Clancy<br><br>They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star.<br><br>The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteriods. <br><br>Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender--or death for all humans.<br><br>&quot;ROUSING . . . THE BEST OF THE GENRE.&quot;<br>--The New York Times Book Review