The Fire In Their Eyes

<p><strong>***Winner: NYC Big Book Award 2025 Medical Thriller***</strong></p><p><strong>**Distinguished Favourite: Independent Press Awards Visionary Fiction**</strong></p><p><strong>*Finalist: Chanticleer Global Thriller Award 2025*</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>An ancient cave newly unearthed in Yemen.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A scientific research facility in the Norwegian Arctic.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A fertile valley home to an isolated tribe in prehistoric Kenya.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In book two of </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Children of Sarah</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> series Dr Eloise Kluft is wrenched from her new-found happiness to join the battle against an emerging biological threat.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In a distant era an ageing shaman must pit her hard hard-earned wisdom and the gifts of her bloodline against the terrifying dangers she has foreseen for her family.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Looking to an uncertain future a hopeful young couple navigate the fraught path to parenthood in a world where little makes sense but the courage to love.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Fire in Their Eyes </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>follows characters first encountered in </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Bone Lines</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> as they negotiate life's risks and joys... and as the heritage of our remarkable human journey is passed along.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)></span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Arcing back and forth through time <em>The Fire In Their Eyes</em> is a fast moving thrilling and absorbing read. At its heart lie questions about the nature of humanity making it very much a novel for our time.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Jane Johnson renowned author and editor</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An engrossing urgent polyphonic novel about the connections between the planet's deep past and our present unstable unpredictable world driven by a memorable cast of characters. A joy to read. </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jude Cook literary critic and prize judge</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Provocative intelligent and heartbreaking The Fire in Their Eyes is a richly characterised complex and compelling read. I highly recommend it.</strong><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Karen Cole book reviewer for Alfred Radio FM</span></p><p></p><p><strong>A masterclass... thought-provoking and compelling in its scope. Engaging characters who feel very real. </strong>Hannah's Bookshelf Manchester FM radio</p><p></p>