Long before Under the Dome, this novel of a town trapped within an
invisible force field earned a Nebula Award nomination for the author of
Way Station.
Nothing much ever happens in Millville, a small, secluded
Middle-American community--until the day Brad Carter discovers he is
unable to leave. And the nearly bankrupt real estate agent is not the
only one being held prisoner; every resident is confined within the
town's boundaries by an invisible force field that cannot be breached.
As local tensions rapidly reach breaking point, a set of bizarre
circumstances leads Brad to the source of their captivity, making him
humanity's reluctant ambassador to an alien race of sentient flora, and
privy to these jailers' ultimate intentions. But some of Millville's
most powerful citizens do not take kindly to Carter's "collaboration
with the enemy," even under the sudden threat of global apocalypse.
Decades before Stephen King trapped an entire town in Under the Dome,
science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak explored the shocking
effects of communal captivity on an unsuspecting population. Nominated
for the Nebula Award, All Flesh Is Grass is a riveting masterwork that
brilliantly reinvents the alien invasion story.
