In the Last Surviving Forest of a Shattered World, Three Ancient Hominids Stand Against Brutal Invaders.
74,000 BCE. The Toba super-eruption has plunged Southeast Asia into a volcanic winter. In this apocalyptic wasteland, survival lies only in rare, sheltered pockets of land—refugia.
A young primitive man and the remnants of his clan find one such haven: a mist-shrouded forest shielded from the ash-choked world beyond. He is known as Last—the smallest, weakest, an outcast among his people. His sole mission: protect his eight-year-old brother, the only family he has left.
But when a more advanced human species invades, slaughtering the clan and enslaving the women and children, Last must form a desperate alliance with two dangerous forest hominids—one dwarflike, the other monstrous—to rescue the boy he loves.
Refugium is a fact-based prehistoric thriller set against one of Earth’s deadliest extinction events. It boldly pushes the limits of hope, human endurance, and the most extraordinary interspecies alliance ever forged.
“A brutal, thrilling novel about what it takes to become an apex predator.”
— Foreword Clarion Reviews
“Refugium succeeds as both a gripping survival narrative and a profound meditation on human consciousness ... A remarkable achievement.”
— IndieReader
“A powerful tale of survival set against a prehistoric apocalypse … A story that explores humanity’s capacity for both cruelty and compassion.”
— Staci Layne Wilson, bestselling author of Rock & Roll Nightmares
“A visceral, genre-defying story set in a shattered prehistoric world … Vivid, violent, and full of unexpected grace.”
— BookLife (Publishers Weekly)
“One of the most intriguing prehistory novels since Clan of the Cave Bear … Captivating and thought-provoking to the very end.”
— US Review of Books
“The author paints a vividly bleak portrait of the ‘ceaseless brutality’ of this lawless world … Thrillingly original.”
— Kirkus Reviews
For readers of The Road, The Terror, and Eaters of the Dead.
