The idea for this novel stemmed from my fascination with Neanderthals. A while back we were not the only species of humans on this planet. We shared with a variety of other human species. Then, one by one, they all died off. Then there were two.
For some reason the Neanderthals suddenly disappeared. There are many theories:
Did we, with our violent, aggressive, warlike ways simply kill them all?
Was it due to climate change?
Did we interbreed them out?
Or was it that they could not compete and were displaced?
It was strange. The Neanderthals had much larger brain capacity than us. That indicated to me that they were much more intelligent. That set my mind ticking. What if these highly intelligent people were just so disgusted and repulsed by us that they decided to take themselves away? What if they were so much more intelligent that they took science to a whole new level? What if they had a far superior culture and spirituality and had used their science to remain hidden away in remote areas?
What if we stumbled across them? What if we came across a race of people who were incredibly advanced? It would be like coming face to face with aliens.
Neanderthal: Amazon.co.uk: Forsythe, Ron: 9798393554262: Books