Description: In this 2nd volume of the Evolution River Series, a new native species has emerged from hiding and seeks to join with humanity. This species designs life like Humans design machines. A catastrophe strikes destroying civilization and almost wiping out humanity. The new species is their savior as it rebuilds Earth and expands into the Solar System.
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The Envoy continues the fast-paced character-driven and realistic future portrayed in Clayton's first book, Sea Species. This theme seemed familiar, and then I realized it is Noah's ark and the coming of Christ combined in a secularized version. This future also illustrates that just as the dinosaurs and millions of other species were doomed by catastrophic events on Earth, so could be humankind. The Envoy is thought provoking and not to be missed. What evolutionary step will the third book cover?
Robyn Lester, Author and Editor
I just finished The Envoy. Great book! In this character driven story, the portrayal of politicians shows how those in charge use the system to seek any advantage and stay in power. The catastrophe that befalls Earth is both believable and disheartening. Being a product of our times, I keep looking for someone within Homakuwa to say "ENOUGH!" and take over the world and save the humans. As is rightly shown, that would lead to rebellion and more chaos than is already in our lives.
Robert Koerner
R. L. Clayton astounds us yet again with another view of the future in The Envoy. In his first volume of The Evolution River Series, Sea Species, he took us through the birth of a new species on Earth and the interaction with humans. Two generations later in The Envoy, humankind is now the species left behind, and the new species, Homakuwa, evolves again to do what is necessary to survive. This is truly an epic journey through evolution with a unique slant couched in reality and metaphysics. The teaser for the third volume has me on the edge of my seat.
T. Vonn
"The Envoy by R.L. Clayton, the second installment in the Evolution River Series trilogy, takes readers on an unexpected journey. The non-human civilization called Homakuwa rejoins humanity after 80 years of separation. During this time, Homakuwa developed a synergistic living environment and continued to genetically alter their citizens to create thriving cities throughout the oceans of the world. They re-emerge to rejoin the human race where a Unified World Government (UWG) oversees the citizens of the surface world, and many of the world's beliefs have been absorbed into a single world religion. Faithism creates a sense of peace and tolerance among the once warring nations of the world. But some seek to control or destroy Faithism, the scientific advances Homakuwa has achieved, and the UWG using technology and economics to win their war of domination. Get ready for a surprise ending as a twist of fate threatens to destroy all of Earth's civilization, and Homakuwa evolves into a new species. What will happen next and where will this evolutionary path take this new species as they continue their journey into the universe? It leaves me eagerly awaiting the third volume."
Katharine Nelson, Author and Arizona Community Connection Magazine, Publisher