This has got to be one of the strangest Science Fiction books that I've ever read.
The Earth is being invaded by giant beings from a distant planet. During hostilities one of these giants is brought down and killed. Kept in a very large refrigerator the alien is then converted into a vehicle for a couple of very clever and gifted scientists to take the fight back to the alien home world.
Yep. the scientists sit in the creature's head and drive its body, operate its speech and effectively try to come across as one of them.
Oh, they have to learn the language too.
I've read a fair number of books in my time and thought, 'Yes, I could have come up with something a bit like that, just not as well written.' This is not one of those books. I wouldn't have come up with this in a million years.
I'll look out for any other books by Joseph Green in the DAW back catalogue. I'm not sure how he could follow this one tough.
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