discovers that his new wife, Carol, is pregnant - a rare occurrence in this largely infertile, depopulated world. Luckman, the new owner of Berkeley, is murdered, and Pete is implicated, along with six other members of his group, Pretty Blue Fox. Pete and the other group members are suffering from induced amnesia, and this only makes them look even more suspicious in the eyes of both vug and human law enforcement officials. Pete discovers that vugs are abusing their own psionic abilities to appear human. However, the vugs also have their own political factions, which further complicates matters. "Extremists" favor subversion and conquest of Earth, while "moderates" favor the status quo of paternalistic collaboration. Fertile humans begin an underground resistance against the vugs, but in the ultimate ironic twist, they are replaced by vugs posing as humans. Pretty Blue Fox syndicate members are teleported to Titan where they play a decisive end-Game with Titanian vug counterparts for the geopolitical future of the United States. Terms used in the book to refer to sci-fi technology and psychic powers ("psionic abilities") include "Rushmore effect", "Henkel Radiation", and "Pauli effect"/"synchronicity". Sources External links [broken link] Official PKDick website review 1963 American novels 1963 science fiction novels Novels by Philip K. Dick American science fiction novels Fiction set on Titan (moon) Novels about bipolar disorder Ace Books books Sterilization in fiction Dystopian novels