"Humans" is the sequel to "Hominids" which I reviewed back in May.
In the first book a Neanderthal named Ponder was performing an experiment that dropped him into our universe. In the end he got back home.
In this book his people reopen the portal on a semi-permanent basis. People can pass back and forth fairly easily (after decontamination). Ponder finds himself caught between his man-mate, a potential woman-mate, and the human woman that he developed a romantic relationship with in the first book.
Ponder finds out who raped the human woman in the first book and has to figure out what do to about that.
The Neanderthal diplomat has to learn to adapt to Human diplomacy. Neanderthal scholars give their knowledge and technology freely just to keep them from being another commodity to be bought, sold, and patented.
And there's more time spend debating the non-existence of a god or an afterlife.
The author has gone to great lengths to get his science right in these books. I think I'm going to have to write up a quick explanation of quantum physics to help your through it.
Coming soon: a review of the third and final book "Hybrids".
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