Robert J. SawyerScience Fiction · Fiction·b. 1960
Hominids
Synopsis
Imagine a world where Neanderthals, not humans, became the dominant intelligence, developing a sophisticated civilization. When a Neanderthal physicist accidentally crosses into our universe, he finds himself a bewildered stranger, quarantined and studied. As he navigates this alien world, his partner back home faces a murder trial, desperately trying to understand what happened to him.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10

