John Wyndham
Description
"Something is terribly wrong in the tiny village of Midwich. After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town, ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. Local physician Dr. Alan Chaffee and government scientist Dr. Susan Verner join forces when the women simultaneously give birth-- and the reign of horror begins"--Container
Description
Midwich, a rural English village, is cut off from the outside world, and its inhabitants rendered unconscious, for several hoursNine months later, several of the town's female citizens give birth to strange, emotionless children with formidable psychic powers . The product of alien invasion via artificial insemination, the children intend to take over the world. Can they be stopped?
Six psychically gifted children of unknown origin are gathered in...