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From the Stars They Came #1
From the Stars They Came
There's nowhere to run...
Instead of celebrating her early high school graduation and embarking on a new life of inevitable success, Agora Djansi finds herself captured and stalked by a mysterious alien species, along with several thousand other humans.
However, while she is determined to save her planet and friends, she finds herself unable to compete with these monstrous creatures' advanced strength, stamina and special abilities that look a lot like magic. As it appears that no government or military can help, she settles for studying her captors in hopes of leaving behind any information she finds for the inevitable conflict ahead.
As the time to save herself and her fellow captives runs out, it is not until a friend comes back into her life that she has any real chance of understanding the aliens' motives and of saving the world.
This is book one of an alien invasion duology filled with mystery, action and magic with an all black lead cast set in a small city in Ghana. This book contains some mature scenes and themes and is perfect for older teens and up.
Instead of celebrating her early high school graduation and embarking on a new life of inevitable success, Agora Djansi finds herself captured and stalked by a mysterious alien species, along with several thousand other humans.
However, while she is determined to save her planet and friends, she finds herself unable to compete with these monstrous creatures' advanced strength, stamina and special abilities that look a lot like magic. As it appears that no government or military can help, she settles for studying her captors in hopes of leaving behind any information she finds for the inevitable conflict ahead.
As the time to save herself and her fellow captives runs out, it is not until a friend comes back into her life that she has any real chance of understanding the aliens' motives and of saving the world.
This is book one of an alien invasion duology filled with mystery, action and magic with an all black lead cast set in a small city in Ghana. This book contains some mature scenes and themes and is perfect for older teens and up.
267 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 18, 2025
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June 27, 2026
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This plot-driven, sci-fi story set in Ghana had an interesting premise. How strongly would you try to hold on to normalcy after aliens are revealed, or worse, after being abducted by them?
What makes this unique is Agora, the main character, is actively being abducted. She gotta clock in and out of her cell. It makes her the talk of the town in more than one way. No one knows what the strange aliens the Malcari are after. But a supernatural mushroom is the catalyst that changes everything.
I found myself enjoying the mystery and anxiety that surrounded the characters. There are some positively thrilling moments when Agora and her friends figure something out, or the Malcari become even more unsettling.
The story would benefit from more showing than telling. Some grammatical errors could have been tightened up in another draft or proofread, mostly tense changes, but nothing that hindered the story.
I was impressed by the McKenna plotline. At first, it feels like random information, but it did have meaning. I also feel like this may be foreshadowing something.
Racheal was mostly silent, but she and Indigo were my favorite characters.
Overall, I didn’t have a bad reading experience. I'm not sure if this was meant to have horror elements, but the ending was definitely sci-fi horror meets thriller.
3.5
This plot-driven, sci-fi story set in Ghana had an interesting premise. How strongly would you try to hold on to normalcy after aliens are revealed, or worse, after being abducted by them?
What makes this unique is Agora, the main character, is actively being abducted. She gotta clock in and out of her cell. It makes her the talk of the town in more than one way. No one knows what the strange aliens the Malcari are after. But a supernatural mushroom is the catalyst that changes everything.
I found myself enjoying the mystery and anxiety that surrounded the characters. There are some positively thrilling moments when Agora and her friends figure something out, or the Malcari become even more unsettling.
The story would benefit from more showing than telling. Some grammatical errors could have been tightened up in another draft or proofread, mostly tense changes, but nothing that hindered the story.
I was impressed by the McKenna plotline. At first, it feels like random information, but it did have meaning. I also feel like this may be foreshadowing something.
Racheal was mostly silent, but she and Indigo were my favorite characters.
Overall, I didn’t have a bad reading experience. I'm not sure if this was meant to have horror elements, but the ending was definitely sci-fi horror meets thriller.
3.5
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