There can only be one dominant life form on Earth.

In the remote African wilderness, a rainforest is dying. But something else has come to life: A newly evolved predator that has survived the depredations of mankind, only to emerge from its natural habitat faster, stronger, and deadlier than anything humanity has ever faced.

And it is no longer man.

Joseph Wallace has written articles for Sierra and Audubon magazines, for Newsday, World Book Encyclopedia, and dozens of other publications. He is the author of short stories that have appeared in Baltimore Noir, The Prosecution Rests, and in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Diamond Ruby, Wallace's historical first novel about the girl who struck out Babe Ruth, was published in 2010.