The Tower

Among the multitude of tiny life forms who share our planet, there is one that inspires fear by its mere existence. Imagine a world where such creatures are no longer small where the few remaining humans must spend their lives in hiding or become servants of that which they most fear: creatures who use their terror-inspiring abilities to paralyze the minds of
those who might oppose them. But one boy has the gift of seeing into the minds of other living things, disclosing them for what they are; and suddenly it is the masters who are afraid.

This 1988 edition is the first - and so far only - version of "The Tower" that does not include the contents of "The Desert" and "The Fortress"; all other editions, including the original 1987 one, combine the three books into a single volume, also called "The Tower".