This review popped up today, thanks to good ol' Google Alerts (I have one set to search out any reference to the book's title, every day -- ain't tech great?).

This time it's from Library Journal, which is great for this book, as Five Star sells mainly to libraries. Here goes:

During a blizzard, a number of alien ships crash-land in the frozen lands of America's Midwest and southern Canada. Father Joshua spearheads the attempt to integrate the survivors, named the Wannoshay by their hosts. When an unexplained series of explosions occurs, however, the new arrivals are blamed and interned in camps. There, they sicken-and soon humans fall ill as well. Jasper's first novel (he has previously published short fiction) makes important points about the current treatment of immigrant populations while telling a story of sacrifice and courage that belongs in larger libraries.

I really, really like the note about the treatment of immigrants in that review. Again, the reader really got what I was shooting for in the book. Later.