Aliens crash-land in snowy North America, try to integrate with humanity, and fail-violently...Less than a dozen years from now, over thirty black ships containing the aliens the world will come to know as the Wannoshay arrive. Crash-landing on the frozen earth of the Great Plains of America and Canada.Over the course of a violent year, the aliens attempt to become part of society. Only to be banished to internment camps when they are suspected of causing a series of deadly explosions at their new jobs.A handful of humans who made early contact with the Wannoshay stand up for the oppressed aliens. They soon learn that the aliens are not without guilt. A guilt that seems to be killing the Wannoshay with each passing day on Earth... "An absorbing work full of unflinching looks at what makes us human, how we might react to be faced with the truly incomprehensible." - SF Site