Scimitar

It happened in 43,000 B.C. It changed history. It changed our very DNA. Our lives, our futures, the way we look at the world-all was decided in this paradigm-shattering event in prehistory. The world was never the same. WE were never the same. Human destiny and survival were decided with stone tools, with people of foresight and strength who built a world no one could have imagined, with repercussions that resound to this day. Tasfit Neandertals met Verdos Cro-Magnons. They literally saw the world with different eyes. Their cultures were opposed at every level. Some hated and attacked each other. Others found common ground, and even love. But differences remained, and seeds of misunderstanding, mistrust, and outright malevolence took root and spread, threatening death of women and men, the end of tribes, and the extinction of humanity. The most exciting, immersive story of human confrontation ever told, with entire civilizations in the balance, Scimitar will grip you from the very first page with characters you will love, men of principle you will despise, and ideas to captivate. Scimitar is Book II of the Deneb Series of novels, and also Book II of the Tekval Fitan. Most readers will wish to begin their adventure with Book I, Fire Wolf, which tells the story of Lishi, a girl of Blue Hills Tribe of the Tasfit People and her discovery that changed human history forever. Both Fire Wolf and Scimitar make liberal use of the Tasblish language, and for this reason Scimitar may be difficult to understand without the firm linguistic foundation provided by Fire Wolf. Scimitar contains depictions of nudity, sexual activity, and descriptions of violence and gore that may render the novel unsuitable for young children. Scimitar contains several full-page illustrations, including graphite portraits by the author, as well as a few tasteful nude portraits.