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Humans first displayed signs of advanced intelligence 70,000 years ago, but recorded history only began in 3,000 BC. For 65,000 years our species wandered the Earth and left barely a trace. In her quest to discover echoes of the first human language, a young archaeologist disappears without trace in the Congo basin. Professor Randolph Harkness goes in search of her only to uncover a conspiracy to conceal ancient horrors lost to the passage of time. Assisted by troubled tearaway, Ross McCartney, Harkness must face-off against spies and trained killers who would keep this secret buried deep in the past. With myth, archaeology and hard science as his searchlight, Harkness illuminates the obscurity of prehistory - but what awaits him at the end of this harrowing journey into the origin of man' The Sapien Paradox is a page-turning, heart-racing thriller that propels us across Equatorial Africa, central Asia and Poland in the search of what it means to be human. With a father-son relationship at the heart of this character-driven, action-packed novel, Harkness and McCartney reveal the story of our species, the paradox of the modern mind and our natural predilection for murder.

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'With all the twists of a double helix, The Killing Gene is as thought-provoking as it is action-packed. Davey’s writing is punchy, yet lyrical, delving deep into the distant past of humankind, questioning what makes Homo sapiens unique and what the future might hold for the one race on earth that has inherited The Killing Gene’ Matthew Harffy, author of The Bernicia Chronicles series ‘Gripping, shocking and thought-provoking: a dispatch from the front line where ancient history meets modern nightmares.  E.M. Davey has been to some of the wildest places on Earth, and it shows.  This will keep its hooks in you long past the final page’ Tom Harper, author of The Lost Temple ‘In an epic adventure stretching from the jungles of the Congo to the valleys of Tajikistan and beyond, The Killing Gene blends exceptional research and a keen observation of human nature to create a captivating and intelligent adventure novel. Featuring a tenacious hero who must unravel a menacing conspiracy if he is to reveal the truth to the world, this is another stunning thriller from E. M. Davey’ Rob Jones, author of the international bestselling Joe Hawke series 'A thriller with a truly thought-provoking premise. A real page-turner' Rob Sinclair, author of the bestselling Enemy series

'With all the twists of a double helix, The Killing Gene is as thought-provoking as it is action-packed. Davey’s writing is punchy, yet lyrical, delving deep into the distant past of humankind, questioning what makes Homo sapiens unique and what the future might hold for the one race on earth that has inherited The Killing Gene.’ * Matthew Harffy, author of The Bernicia Chronicles series * ‘Gripping, shocking and thought-provoking: a dispatch from the front line where ancient history meets modern nightmares.  E.M. Davey has been to some of the wildest places on Earth, and it shows.  This will keep its hooks in you long past the final page.’ * Tom Harper, author of The Lost Temple * ‘In an epic adventure stretching from the jungles of the Congo to the valleys of Tajikistan and beyond, The Killing Gene blends exceptional research and a keen observation of human nature to create a captivating and intelligent adventure novel. Featuring a tenacious hero who must unravel a menacing conspiracy if he is to reveal the truth to the world, this is another stunning thriller from E. M. Davey.’ * Rob Jones, author of the international bestselling Joe Hawke series * 'A thriller with a truly thought-provoking premise. A real page-turner.' * Rob Sinclair, author of the bestselling Enemy series *

'With all the twists of a double helix, The Killing Gene is as thought-provoking as it is action-packed. Davey's writing is punchy, yet lyrical, delving deep into the distant past of humankind, questioning what makes Homo sapiens unique and what the future might hold for the one race on earth that has inherited The Killing Gene.' -- Matthew Harffy, author of The Bernicia Chronicles series 'Gripping, shocking and thought-provoking: a dispatch from the front line where ancient history meets modern nightmares. E.M. Davey has been to some of the wildest places on Earth, and it shows. This will keep its hooks in you long past the final page.' -- Tom Harper, author of The Lost Temple 'In an epic adventure stretching from the jungles of the Congo to the valleys of Tajikistan and beyond, The Killing Gene blends exceptional research and a keen observation of human nature to create a captivating and intelligent adventure novel. Featuring a tenacious hero who must unravel a menacing conspiracy if he is to reveal the truth to the world, this is another stunning thriller from E. M. Davey.' -- Rob Jones, author of the international bestselling Joe Hawke series 'A thriller with a truly thought-provoking premise. A real page-turner.' -- Rob Sinclair, author of the bestselling Enemy series

A thriller with a truly thought-provoking premise. A real page-turner' -- Rob Sinclair, author of the bestselling Enemy series

'A thriller with a truly thought-provoking premise. A real page-turner.' -- Rob Sinclair, author of the bestselling Enemy series 'In an epic adventure stretching from the jungles of the Congo to the valleys of Tajikistan and beyond, The Killing Gene blends exceptional research and a keen observation of human nature to create a captivating and intelligent adventure novel. Featuring a tenacious hero who must unravel a menacing conspiracy if he is to reveal the truth to the world, this is another stunning thriller from E. M. Davey.' -- Rob Jones, author of the international bestselling Joe Hawke series 'Gripping, shocking and thought-provoking: a dispatch from the front line where ancient history meets modern nightmares. E.M. Davey has been to some of the wildest places on Earth, and it shows. This will keep its hooks in you long past the final page.' -- Tom Harper, author of The Lost Temple 'With all the twists of a double helix, The Killing Gene is as thought-provoking as it is action-packed. Davey's writing is punchy, yet lyrical, delving deep into the distant past of humankind, questioning what makes Homo sapiens unique and what the future might hold for the one race on earth that has inherited The Killing Gene.' -- Matthew Harffy, author of The Bernicia Chronicles series

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E. M. Davey is a journalist at the BBC specialising in undercover investigative journalism. When not working he enjoys travel to far-flung and occasionally dangerous spots to research his fiction and just for the heck of it. He has visited more than fifty countries (and counting). History particularly classical history has been his lifelong passion.

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