Hybrids

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In the Hugo-Award winning series, readers meet Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist from a parallel Earth, who is transported to our reality due to a quantum-computing mishap. This unique premise sets the stage for an exploration of alternate history and world-building. In the latest installment, Ponter and his Homo sapiens lover, geneticist Mary Vaughan, navigate the complexities of their relationship across two worlds. They aim to conceive the first hybrid child, representing hope for unity between their realities. However, a pivotal experiment reveals that Mary's religious faith, absent in Neanderthals, stems from the neurological differences between their species. This discovery forces them to confront whether their child should lean towards atheism or belief. Concurrently, Mary's Earth faces a crisis with its collapsing magnetic field, while her ambitious boss, Jock Krieger, covets the untouched Neanderthal world. Filled with Sawyer's thought-provoking speculations on what it means to be human, the narrative challenges conventional views on morality, gender, faith, and love. This concluding volume of the Neanderthal Parallax trilogy promises to be one of the most controversial and impactful books of the year.