HUMAN

When Ayla’s research takes her to a remote river in Canada’s far north, Chris brings their daughter to an isolated island in the southern Pacific. Though at opposite ends of the earth, they both awaken one morning to black skies, and a night that doesn’t end. Slowly, Ayla and Chris begin to realize that humanity has been inexplicably wiped out, and only their isolation has saved them. Besides the handful of people around them, they are now alone in the world. As they struggle to build new ways to live, they must also struggle with how to let go of their past.

Millions of years later, when their descendants finally meet, they have evolved to become two very different kinds of humans, with two very different civilizations. As each tries to build a better world for themselves, navigating love, loss, betrayal and success within their own societies, their biggest challenge may be to recognize the humanity of the other.

The book cover of HUMAN. The cover is a photograph of a setting sun over open water. The bottom two thirds of the image is dark choppy waters, the top third is an orange sky with sparse clouds lit by a deep orange sun already mostly below the horizon. Overlaid over this image is the title, HUMAN, in large dark text written just above the dark waters. In lighter text, the title is reflected in the water below. At the bottom of the page in smaller grey text is the authors name, Brett Hodnett.