The Fourth of July in Red Hollow is a celebration of heat, noise, and tradition. But this year, the celebration is just camouflage.

Photographer Owen sees it first—a glitch in his camera showing a man's smile stretching into an impossible, grotesque crescent . Hot dog vendor Al serves the same blank-faced man the same exact order twice in ten minutes, a film skipping on repeat . Then, in front of the entire town, Mayor Thompson collapses during his speech, only to rise again—unnaturally smooth, his eyes glassy, and wearing a perfect, hollow smile .

When a silent, pristine ambulance arrives with paramedics who don't seem to breathe, a few witnesses realize the truth. This isn't a medical emergency. It's a collection.

A quiet, systematic invasion is underway. People are being replaced by flawless copies, their souls erased and their faces worn as masks . Trapped in the chaos of a town turning on itself, a handful of survivors must fight their way through neighbors and loved ones who look right, sound right, but are terrifyingly wrong. When the enemy wears the face of your friend, who can you trust?

This gripping novel of cosmic horror and psychological dread is a must-read for fans of alien invasion thrillers and stories of small-town terror.