Anoki, a young Native American boy and Khari, a Kenyan teenager live worlds apart, but they develop a friendship after being captured and tortured by the “pale-faced” people in the new land. Their bond is strengthened by more than oppression when each boy acquires his own magical powers. Find out what happens when the supernatural meets slavery in Part I of The Melanin People.

This is the synopsis for an interesting new story from short story and novel writer Marcus Wells. Marcus is also currently a college student who spends his spare time writing on ideas influenced by inequality to African-American’s and minorities.

Marcus says that he wrote this book, The Melanin People, to show the empowerment of minorities; especially those of African-American and Native-American decent.

He wrote to us and we thought the book sounded extremely interesting and we are always interested in supporting young talents.

You can learn more about Marcus’s book and get a copy on Amazon here. The book can also be found on IBooks, Kobo and Smashwords.

Marcus Wells is a short story author and novelist. He is a current college student. When he’s not studying he is writing on ideas influenced by inequality to African-American’s and minority’s. He plans to free-lance culture writing for magazines and news-outlets. The Melanin People author is also in the works of writing novelette two, of The Melanin People. Contact Marcus Wells, at his email [email protected] or on Facebook TheMelaninPeople.