Robert Moore Williams 3 hr 9 min read

In the midst of a war that threatens humanity's total destruction, the 'new people' appear, quietly performing incredible deeds, vanishing at will, an enigma to both sides.

Robert Moore Williams's 1957 novel sends an American intelligence officer to hunt down these mysterious beings as a doomsday missile is readied. Fast, atmospheric post-apocalyptic SF. Read it for a race-against-annihilation tale about strange new humans who may be the only hope of a doomed world.

In its time

Published in 1957, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

3 hr 9 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).