Exile at Dawn

by Stuart Fox

Overview

Exile at Dawn is a novel set in the near future. A rogue scientist altered the human genome and created a different type of human, called Greens, who have been moved to an internment camp. Teenagers Tom and Gloria find romantic love as they struggle to free their people, who pose a threat to the continued existence of our species. They become Green leaders and must combat powerful politicians to prevent mass extermination and devise a positive role for the Green people. The future of all humanity is at stake when Tom's sister Lilly has an affair that threatens imminent genocide of the Greens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781511716024
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/16/2015
Series:	Green People Chronicles
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

I was born in Brooklyn, NY and was moved to California when I was three years old. Currently, I reside primarily in the Eastern Sierra region that serves as the setting for my novel Becoming Green, although I frequently commute to Southern California along the Highway 395 corridor that features prominent role in the novel, Exile at Dawn.

I've also written college textbooks in my field of human (medical) physiology, anatomy and physiology, and human biology. In the meantime, I'm grateful to be able to be among the people who live in and enjoy the beautiful Eastern Sierra region.

Editorial Reviews

2015-07-08
In Fox's (Becoming Green, 2013, etc.) latest sci-fi outing, survivors of a mass infection are threatened by a government that is looking to sanction genocide. People like Ernie Flores who've survived the devastating Sunny disease call themselves Greens, on account of their green, photosynthetic skin and yellow-green eyes. Blanks, the Greens' name for non-Green humans, fearing further infection, hold the survivors in Camp Aurora. But when Lilly gives birth to Adam, the first child born Green, the U.S. government offers Greens a choice: sterilization or deportation. The latter entails colonizing Mars, which seems the better option since walking among Blanks requires wearing hazmat suits and enduring their unmasked animosity. Some in the Senate, however, have other plans, believing that euthanizing Greens is the only way to ensure humanity's survival. Fox's second installment reveals life after the infection that started in the first. Many scenes in and around Camp Aurora feel separate from the main plot: Ernie's daughter Gloria is bitten by a venomous snake; pals Tom and Art are caught by guards outside of the camp; and there's even a rape and murder of a young Green woman. These moments, however, establish the Blanks' hatred of Greens, who've become pariahs. And the wedding of scientists/Green allies David and Di likewise serves an alternate purpose; the interracial coupling foreshadows a Green-Blank relationship, which may give the nefarious senators an excuse for executing a Green genocide. Many themes here are analogous to current issues; Fox directly acknowledges racism, but other ideas are also explored, from religion to evolution. The novel's final act is fraught with anticipation; it becomes a question of whether Ernie, et al. can get to Mars before the government wipes out the Greens. Complex plotting and rich characterization will leave readers itching to see where the series goes.

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