Coming September 22, 2026
Two families, separate species, on a collision course in the Pacific Northwest Wilderness
“A riveting tale of survival, misunderstanding, and connection between worlds.” — BookLife Reviews
“[Robison’s] prose has fantastic fluidity to it, at once lush and macabre, as though Edgar Allan Poe were writing an ode to the missing link.” — Independent Book Review
“This is the kind of book where I found myself thinking about the characters when I wasn’t reading. The second I put it down, I wanted to pick it back up and check on them…” — Liz M., NetGalley Reviewer
“Surprisingly emotional and thought-provoking.” — Wayne R., NetGalley Reviewer
(Paperback and Hardcover available September 22nd, 2026, wherever books are sold)
Among the pines and white waters of the Pacific Northwest live creatures of ages past. Thousands of years have come and gone since man has been privy to these elusive, antlered mammals. There was a time when the forests were ripe with fruit and meat, and both species able to live in harmony; then man harvested too much, hunted too hard. Man became confused, seeing itself as above the rest, as having dominion over all creatures of the land.
Conflict did arise between two apex predators, struggle did ensue, and only one species of ape did flourish—the hairless ones. In the spring following their defeat, the creatures’ antlers fell as usual, but the following year did not bring its usual bountiful harvest, and so the few creatures who survived went antlerless. A reminder of their demise in the shadow of man.
Humans would go on to write stories of how evil were the other creatures, of their terror and malice, and of how mans’ victory over them was the will of God. In time the stories would fade, man would forget the creatures with whom they once coexisted; their lust for power, however, would thrive. Reigning supreme over the land, Homo sapiens continued on its path of destruction, growing comfortable and weak in the process.
As winters grew colder, summers grew hotter, and the few who remained of the defeated apes grew harder.
Now, deep in the wilderness, a raven and hare witness the birth of a creature all believed the forest had long since seen the last of. A creature whose skull bears an unusual shape—a skull not unlike those of its ancient ancestors.
Eve, her little brother, father, and grandfather embark on horseback to hunt the wilds. Their adventure soon devolves into harrowing, primitive survival—strange landscape drawing them closer to an encounter ten thousand years in the making.
Though these families harbor neither hatred nor ill will toward one another, winter is hard and resources scarce.
And all creatures must protect their own.
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~ THE ANTLERED APE ~
