Shock Troop

Commander Zurg has studied the primitive mammals of this unremarkable blue planet. He has a comprehensive invasion manual. He has absolute confidence. What he does not have is any understanding of how completely, catastrophically wrong everything is about to go. The mammals below don't read the playbook. Communication collapses. Contingencies fail. And as the invasion descends into glorious chaos, both the aliens and the inhabitants find themselves trapped in a mutual misunderstanding of epic proportions. Written in the mid-century golden age of science fiction, Bolton's novel skewers the confident invasion narratives of the era with sharp comedic timing and a keen eye for the absurdity of assuming any species follows the same rules.