The fate of India lies in the hands of a young street urchin and the
alien living inside her head in this rollicking sci-fi adventure from
the author The Lives of Tao
Ella Patel--thief, con-artist and smuggler--is in the wrong place at the
wrong time. One night, on the border of a demilitarized zone run by the
body-swapping alien invaders, she happens upon a man and woman being
chased by a group of assailants. The man freezes, leaving the woman to
fight off five attackers at once, before succumbing. As she dies, the
sparkling light that rises from the woman enters Ella, instead of the
man. She soon realizes she's been inhabited by Io, a low-ranking Quasing
who was involved in some of the worst decisions in history. Now, Ella
must now help the alien presence to complete her mission and investigate
a rash of murders in the border states that maintain the frail peace.
With the Prophus assigned to help her seemingly wanting to stab her in
the back, and the enemy Genjix hunting her, Ella must also deal with
Io's annoying inferiority complex. To top it all off, Ella thinks the
damn alien voice in her head is trying to get her killed. And if you
can't trust the voices in your head, who can you trust?
