The Midwich Cuckoos

 

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham 240 pp.

In the small British town of Midwich, a strange silver object appears causing everyone to become unconscious. A day later the object is gone and the people revive. Soon, no matter their marital status, all the women of the town find themselves pregnant. The government has kept the strange occurrence and the unusual children a secret. The children born of this strange event are like no other. In addition to their strange, golden eyes, their aging is accelerated, becoming teenagers after only eight years. They also possess telepathic mind control powers that soon prove to be dangerous. How are the ordinary citizens of this ordinary town to deal with the scary prospect of being taken over by the children that are not their own. The book was written in 1957 and was made into a television series in 2022. I listened to the audiobook which was expertly performed by actor/author Stephen Fry. It's intriguing, disturbing, and classic science fiction of its time.