The Newcomers: a novel of global invasion , human resilience, and the wild places of the planet

by Pamela Jekel

THE NEWCOMERS is a novel by Pamela Jekel, best-selling author of SEASTAR, BAYOU, COLUMBIA, NATCHEZ, DEEPWATER, RIVER WITHOUT END, SHE WHO HEARS THE SUN, and other historical sagas. THE NEWCOMERS tells the story of a global invasion and is Pamela Jekel's first novel of the future. When alien crafts are parked over every capital city on earth, Chase Cummings is sent by his family from Atlanta, Georgia to live with an African family as part of the Children Transfer Program initiated world-wide to save gifted children from the work camps of the Advisors. THE NEWCOMERS tells a story of human resilience and of two families on opposite sides of the world, struggling to survive and ultimately finding salvation in the wild places of the planet.

427 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 10, 2014

Reviews

[Andria · Rating 2 out of 5]

(Autdiobook) The African family's dialog just didn't sound right. Then I searched the author and realized why. The African family in the deep desert talked like they were holding court in London. The teen daughter of the family was oversexualized for no reason. I lost count how times the shape of her hips and how she was growing into a woman was mentioned.

"He (a white boy) felt more Black than White." Like, what!?