Triumphant from a fifteen thousand year battle in space, a bolt of energy reached the third planet of a Class B star. A new life force spawned seven grey towers in the Arizona desert. Now, from out of their dark mysteries marches a new breed of killer ants to herald the dawn of Phase IV… In their path wait two men, a frightened girl and the resources of modern science. Mankind’s first line of defense—and its last… Note: Novelization based on a story and screenplay by Mayo Simon. Copyright, ©, 1973, by Simon & Schuster, Inc