The fate of India lies in the hands of a young street urchin & the alien living inside her head in this rollicking sci-fi adventure from the author ofThe Lives of Tao°°°Ella Patel—thief, con-artist & 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 & 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 entersElla, instead of the man. She soon realizes she’s been inhabited byIo, a low-rankingQuasingwho was involved in some of the worst decisions in history.Now,Ellamust now help the alien presence to complete her mission & investigate a rash of murders in the border states that maintain the frail peace. With theProphusassigned to help her seemingly wanting to stab her in the back, & the enemyGenjixhunting her,Ellamust also deal with Io’s annoying inferiority complex. To top it all off,Ellathinks 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?°°°Wesley Chuis the author of 13 novels, includingThe Art of Prophecy,Time Salvager,The Rise of Io, &The Walking Dead: Typhoon. He won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, & his debut,The Lives of Tao, won the Young Adult Library Services Association’s Alex Award. An accomplishedmartial artist& a former member of the Screen Actors Guild,Chuhasactedin film & television, & worked as amodel&stuntman.