Background

A few years ago, the Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo succeeded in sequencing the Neanderthal genome, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2022. These findings help us to paint a completely new, increasingly detailed picture of our mysterious, human-like relatives. 

Despite their primitive appearance, they were neither stupid nor primitive, as previously assumed, but skillful, imaginative and sensitive. They talked to each other, understood natural medicine, buried their relatives and created weapons, jewelry and works of art.

Before Homo sapiens appeared on the scene, Neanderthals dominated the hunting grounds of Eurasia for a period of over 400,000 years. Today, only one species of human exists. But we carry a small part of the genes of these early humans within us.

It is doubted that Neanderthals ever reached the American continent, as there is no evidence, no  archaeological finds. However, some paleoanthropologists believe it is possible.

In this novel, it becomes reality.

Neanderthals, Beringian Wolves, Salish, Luzon People, Shadow Wolves, and almost all creatures and places mentioned in the text actually existed or still exist today.