One by one Jon's friends were changing...as if their bodies had been taken over by some hungry, sinister force. Then he discovered the list - and his name was next! . . . . . . . . . . . . "A great novel...by one of my favorite authors... the kind that should hit the bestseller lists!" - MILTON CLAIRE GRIMES, Clarion Science Fiction Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . An EDGE-OF-THE SEAT THRILLER...with a touch of SCIENCE FICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . .,."Trickle, Trickle...is quite good..." - WILLIAM F. WU, Hugo & Nebula Awards Nominee Mind Jon's half-drunken friend Steve Maggalio begins ranting about others no longer being "themselves." Then his girlfriend, Jeannie Holm, abruptly drops out of school and leaves town without even telling him "goodbye." to After a strangely unnerving phone call from a college official whom he barely knows, Jon arrives for a rendezvous and finds the other man dead, with half his chest blown away. Mine Suddenly Steve seems changed himself, and rummaging through the other's apartment, Jon finds a list that contains both his and Jeannie's names - labeled simply with the initials "F.F." What was going on at Anscott College?