Past and Present Collide in Science Fiction Drama About Alien and Human Family
ELDORADO, Ill., Oct. 30, 2009 — In his debut novel, "The Travelers" (published by iUniverse), Keith Wayne McCoy strengthens the mysterious, haunting link between the past and present by telling the story of how an errant radio signal from the 1947 luxury liner Queen Mary is intercepted by an extraterrestrial intelligence – not to mention a mother – who inadvertently causes the deterioration of one couple in the past and ultimately sends melancholy filmmaker Guy Turner on a journey of self-discovery in the present.
Living in the post-World War II era and emigrating across the Atlantic Ocean from war-ravaged London, soldier James Bennett and young bride Jess Bennett unexpectedly encounter an otherworldly, yet desperate mother and her two alien children. Little did the couple know that this brief encounter so early in their lives would affect the very course they would take both as a family and as separate individuals. After their supernatural encounter aboard ship, however, the couple and the two small children (given to them by the alien mother) settle in pastoral southern Illinois as a family. For a time, happiness actually seemed achievable, near.
Back in the present, Guy produces movies in Los Angeles, meanwhile enduring the constant groans of his wife about having children. Coincidently, he soon finds himself caught in the middle of a supernatural mystery after encountering the alien mother in Long Beach aboard the retired Queen Mary that the Bennetts used to come to America all those years ago. Now, jaded Jess and her heartbroken ex-husband, James, must voyage together in order to make certain that history unfolds as it should, ensuring the present for everyone living today.
Testing the limits of the travelers' anxieties, despairs, regrets and memories, this unlikely trio must redeem themselves by unraveling the mystery of this supernatural thriller. Join the elderly Jess, the suffering James and the Hollywood Guy on this exciting, heartbreaking quest of enlightenment and self-discovery in McCoy's visionary science fiction drama, "The Travelers."
McCoy majored in creative writing at the University of Southern Indiana. Although he has published short stories, "The Travelers" is his first novel. He was also awarded full scholarships to writer's retreats headed by authors, including John Hawkes, Amy Hempel, Bob Shacochis and Sigrid Nunez. In addition to being a writer, McCoy is a collector of memorabilia from the 1930s luxury liner Queen Mary. He currently lives in southern Illinois.
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