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| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | The novel opens in the early 21st century with two people—a female Russian cosmonaut and a male American commander—prepa... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | It is many years later, and the Overlords have taken over Earth. They began by blocking out the sun for half an hour ove... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | Shortly after his meetings with Karellen and the Freedom League, Stormgren goes missing. In his absence, Van Ryberg take... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | Stormgren asks his friend Pierre Duval to help him spy on the Overlords. Duval sets up a scanner in Stormgren's briefcas... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Twenty years after Stormgren denied having seen Karellen, the Overlords are preparing to reveal themselves. They tell th... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | This chapter explains the changes that have taken place since the Overlords arrived. In the 50 years between arriving on... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | George Greggson and Jean Morrel, a couple who have lived their whole lives under Overlord rule, arrive at the home of Ru... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | Jan is 27 years old with degrees in mathematics and physics and is also at Rupert's party. He feels that the Overlords a... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | After the party, Rashaverak tells Karellen about what he has seen. He indicates that some of the books he looked at coul... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | Rather than moving the plot forward, this chapter explains the conditions on Earth, which remain uneventful. Most day-to... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | Jan is trying to learn more about the Overlords, so he visits with Rupert to try to find out why they are interested in ... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | Fully aware of the risks involved, the two men devise a plan to get Jan to the Overlords' home planet. The journey will ... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | The whale in which Jan is hiding is part of a larger display at Professor Sullivan's lab that shows the whale and a gian... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | During a press conference on Earth, Karellen announces that Jan has been discovered on the Overlord supply ship. Althoug... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | While Jan is on the ship moving toward the Overlords' planet, George and Jean make plans to move to New Athens, a two-is... Read More |
| Chapter 16 | One day a tsunami strikes New Athens. George and Jean's son Jeffrey tells his parents that he had been playing near wher... Read More |
| Chapter 17 | An Overlord named Thanthalteresco, called the Inspector, arrives on New Athens to observe what humanity has been creatin... Read More |
| Chapter 18 | Jeffrey begins to have dreams about a strange planet, with mountains in blue flame and a blue sun. The Overlords discuss... Read More |
| Chapter 19 | Jeffrey and Jennifer become more and more detached from human life. While Jeffrey still acts normally, Jennifer stops mo... Read More |
| Chapter 20 | As the children evolve, the Overlords begin making plans to complete their mission, which Karellen explains to humanity.... Read More |
| Chapter 21 | The children are taken on the Overlords' ship, leaving their parents behind. On New Athens, the colonists decide to use ... Read More |
| Chapter 22 | Eighty years after leaving Earth, Jan is returning. He spent a few days on the Overlords' planet, which was futuristic a... Read More |
| Chapter 23 | Karellen shows Jan what has taken place while he was away: the children who were taken have become more powerful than th... Read More |
| Chapter 24 | Jan has been living among the Overlords, but Rashaverak tells Jan that it is time for them to leave when the children be... Read More |
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