The Camp of the Saints Author:Jean Raspail This novel is about the "haves" and the "have-nots" of the world -- the mighty white nations confronted by the legions of the improvished, starving, black and yellow people known as the third world. The time is in the near future. In New York City, racial violence has become a way of life and barricades have been erected aound the black ghettos.... more » In London, 800,000 Commonwealth nationals are demanding full human rights. In Manila, a French cruise ship has been invaded and seized. Millions of Chinese are massed along the Russian border. And across the world, refugee fleets are forming.
The attention of the Western World is focused on India, where a million men, women and children have boarded one hundred dilapidated ships. It is the Last Chance Armada, a pathetic convoy bound for paradise, a nonviolent crowd of survivers coming in the flesh to knock, at long last, at the gates of abundance. As news bulletins flash around the world, everything seems to indicate that the final destination will be France. What will be done? What are these people -- pitiful refugees or a pitiless enemy, saintlike sufferers or an invading army?
Awesome in its dramatic description, written with passion and an ironic eloquence, this compelling novel will infuriate some readers; yet no one will forget it or remain unaffected by the questions it raises about the future of the world.« less