Homo-Sapien Exodus

Homo-Sapien Exodus is a alternate history science fiction trilogy by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer. It details an alternate Earth where the dinosaurs never became extinct and humans evolved alongside them. The Trilogy was published between 1996 and 2000.
== Plot ==
Set on an alternate Earth were the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction never occurred and as a result the dinosaurs never became extinct. They eventually became a highly evolved and sentient race capable of rational thought, speech, tool manipulation and bipedalism in previously quadrupedal species, They also managed to build a great industrial civilization, with both the carnivores and herbivores living together in peace and as equals, however they came to regard themselves as being superior to all other forms of life. They eventually discovered a new race of beings, the humans whom they enslaved. 1'000 years later on the continent of Merica (North America), a young Cro-Magnon slave named Adam dreams of freedom for his people, especially his beloved mate Eve and a life away from servitude to the Saurians, especially their cruel Emperor Rexan.
== The World ==
Due to the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction never occurring, the dinosaurs were able to continue their evolution until they eventually became a race of highly evolved and sentient beings who were capable of rational thought, speech, tool manipulation and bipedalism in previously quadrupedal species like the Ceratopsians, Ankylosaurs and Sauropods. They have managed to build a mighty and advanced civilization where both the carnivores and herbivores live together in peace equality, they also managed to build a vast empire that covered the entire planet with its capital located in North America.
As in the real world, humans evolved on the continent of Africa. They lived a mostly peaceful Stone-Age level existence until they were discovered by the Saurians who then enslaved them. The animals that live in the world in include Ice Age mammals like woolly mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, saber-toothed cats, Irish elks, dire wolves, cave bears, giant ground sloths and American lions. 
== Main Characters ==
=== Homo-Sapiens ===
* Adam - A 20 year old Cro-Magnon slave and the main protagonist of the trilogy. Having told stories of Eden since he was a child, Adam is often wondering if it real or not. He is however determined to free his people, especially his beloved Eve from slavery by the Saurians.
* Eve - A beautiful Cro-Magnon woman and Adam's mate. She is a kind and beautiful girl who often helps the sick, injured or elderly human slaves. At the end of the first book, she becomes pregnant with her and Adams child, which motivates him to free their people from slavery by the Saurians.
* Seth - Adam and Eve's newborn son in the third and final book.
* Moses - Eve's brother and Adam's best friend.
* Methuselah - The oldest Cro-Magnon slave and Adam's grandfather. He was the one who inspired Adam's dreams of freedom in him and told him to always have hope, he was killed early in the first book by Tricera, who brutally beat him to death. His spirit appears to Adam several times over the trilogy to both confirm Eden's existence and to give him advice.
* Cain - A cowardly and treacherous Cro-Magnon slave. He is held in contempt by the other Human slaves
* Noah - Adam's father and Methuselah's son in law. Having being a slave his whole life, he doesn't share Adam's dreams for freedom, deeming them to be little more than delusions and often harshly telling not to think such things again. When Adam and the rest of the Cro-Magnon slaves rebel and flee for Eden, he is tasked by Emperor Rexan to help capture them. It was revealed that he used to be like Adam when he was younger, but constant beatings resulted in him losing hope for freedom.
* Joshua - A dark skinned Cro-Magnon from the continent of Rica (Africa).
* Samson and Issac - Two Neanderthal brothers and the strongest of the human slaves.
=== Saurians ===
* Emperor Rexan - A cruel Tyrannosaurus Rex who is the Emperor of the Saurians and the main antagonist of the trilogy. He is a cruel and fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex who prides in being the most powerful being on Earth, however he does genuinely care for both his offspring and his fellow Saurians. He dies in the final book when Adam sacrifices himself to defeat him once and for all. 
* Prince Tyrann - Rexan's son and Tyra's brother who is the main antagonist of the first book. He is a spoiled and selfish prince who looks down on those who he considers beneath him, most of his spiteful treatment is aimed towards the humans whom he views as little more then animals without feelings.
* Princess Tyra - The daughter of Emperor Rexan. Unlike her father and most of the other Saurians, she is sympathetic to the humans and genuinely believes that the humans should be free. She is also the love interest of Paro the Gardener, after the death of her father in the third and final book she becomes the Empress of the Saurian and degrees that the humans should no longer be slaves.
* Overseer Tricera - A merciless and sadistic Triceratops overseer of the humans slaves in the quarry and the second main antagonist of the trilogy. He is known for his temper and his cruelty, beating slaves when they are too slow or if he's bored. He is also one of Emperor Rexan's most trusted minion. He becomes Adam's most hated enemy after beating his grandfather Methuselah to death.
* Iggy - An Iguanodon who is the Royal gardener and the love interest of Princess Tyra.
* Stega - A Stegosaurus who serves Tyra as her lady-in-waiting and closet confident.
* Lord Bishop Sauro - An Apatosaurus who is a very important Saurian religious leader and a good friend to Emperor Rexan.
* Lord and Lady Wingfinger - Two Pteranodon nobles who are the main antagonists of the second novel.
* Shred - A Velociraptor scientist.
*Spike-Frill - A mysterious Styracosaurus historian who acts as the narrator for the trilogy.
== Locations ==
* Merica - North America 
** Jurassica - The capital of the Saurian Empire.
** Stone Quarry - 
** Eden - A mystical paradise
== Books ==
Title 	Publication Year 	Pages
Homo-Sapien Exodus 	1996 	400
Set in an alternate timeline where the dinosaurs never went extinct and evolved into a highly intelligent species.	Set in an alternate timeline where the dinosaurs never went extinct and evolved into a highly intelligent species.	Set in an alternate timeline where the dinosaurs never went extinct and evolved into a highly intelligent species.
Homo-Sapien Exodus: March to Freedom 	1998 	400
 	 	
Homo-Sapien Exodus: Eden 	2000 	400
 	 	
== Television Adaptation ==
In June 2014, trilogy author, Robert J. Swayer announced that a television series was been developed by HBO. A year later, it was announced Austin Butler would play Adam. A week later Ivana Baquero, James Trevena, Anthony Hopkins, Bryan Cranston, Andy Serkis, Margaret Qualley, Iwan Rheon, Temuera Morrison, Adam DeVine and Liam Neeson were announced to play Eve, Moses, Methuselah, Noah, Rexan, Tyra, Tyrann, Tricera, Iggy, and Spike-Frill. 
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