William R. Burkett Jr.

Sleeping Planet (The Science Fiction Novels of William R. Burkett, Jr.) William R. Burkett Jr.

Science Fiction Encyclopedia described this as a ?hard-edged? tale of the 24th-century conquest of Earth by an alien empire the humans had judged too stupid to pull off such a coup. Only a handful of humans escaped the effects of a mutated narcoleptic drug that put humanity into protracted hibernation. The battle to liberate Earth is fought by those few with the aid of a vengeful ghost called ?Gremper? by the aliens. The action is fast and furious, while the genius general of the invading fleet goes slowly insane at the disruption of his well-laid plans. ?A natural-born storyteller,? said bestselling author Frank G. Slaughter. A classic reprint of a sci-fi masterpiece.