DEEP PAST: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 07633019C00003
English Summary/英文概要： A routine dig in Kazakhstan takes a radical turn for thirty-two-year-old anthropologist Claire Knowland when a stranger turns up at the site with a bizarre find from a remote section of the desolate Kazakh Steppe. Her initial skepticism of this mysterious discovery gives way to a realization that the find will shake the very foundations of our understanding of evolution and intelligence.
Corrupt politics of Kazakhstan force Claire to take reckless chances with the discovery. Among the allies she gathers in her fight to save herself and bring the discovery to light is Sergei Anachev, a brilliant but enigmatic Russian geologist who becomes her unlikely protector even as he deals with his own unknown crisis.
Ultimately, Claire finds herself fighting not just for the discovery and her academic reputation, but for her very life as great power conflict engulfs the unstable region and an unscrupulous oligarch attempts to take advantage of the chaos.
Drawing on Eugene Linden’s celebrated non-fiction investigations into what makes humans different from other species, this international thriller mixes fact and the fantastical, the realities of academic politics, and high stakes geopolitics--engaging the reader every step of the way.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对32岁的人类学家Claire Knowland来说，在哈萨克斯坦的一次例行挖掘发生了根本性的转变，一个陌生人从荒芜的哈萨克大草原的偏远地区出现并带着一个奇怪的发现。她从最初对这一神秘发现的怀疑转变为意识到这一发现将动摇我们对进化和智慧理解的基础。
哈萨克斯坦腐败的政治迫使Claire不顾后果地冒险深入探索这一发现。Sergei Anachev是她为拯救自己并将这一发现公之于众而聚集在一起的盟友之一，他是一位才华横溢但又神秘莫测的俄罗斯地质学家，即使还需要处理自己未知的危机，他还是成为了她的保护者。
最终，Claire发现自己的战斗不仅仅是为了这个发现和她的学术声誉，更是为了她的生命，因为大国冲突席卷了这个不稳定的地区，一个肆无忌惮的寡头企图利用混乱。
这部国际化惊悚小说借鉴了Eugene Linden对人类与其他物种的不同之处进行论述的著作，将事实与幻想、学术政治的现实以及高风险的地缘政治融为一体，让读者深深沉浸其中。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：“Linden的小说处女作将有关科学实践的故事与政治惊悚故事结合在了一起……本书会勾起读者对黄金年代科幻作品的回忆。”——BOOKLIST
“这部惊悚小说将与国家、机构和野心的现实政治相冲突的尖端科学交织在了一起。作者将科学和幻想结合起来，展开了一场对话，探讨科学、科学院和人类工业为各自的目的和代价而揭示和隐藏地球故事的方式。本书讲述了一个惊悚故事，它不仅将真实性和紧张感表现了出来，而且传达了无与伦比的美和情感力量的最终信息。”
Eugene Linden had a major climate change piece in the New York Times this Sunday.
Online it was the # 1 trending article and received over 700,000 pages views and 2,100 comments on the NY Times site
“Linden’s first novel combines a story about the practices of science with a political thriller..… Deep Past will remind readers of Golden Age science fiction.”—BOOKLIST
“A thriller that seamlessly weaves cutting-edge science as it collides with the realpolitik of nations, institutions, and ambitions. Mixing science and fantastical extrapolation, Linden opens up a conversation about the ways in which science, the academy, and human industry both reveal and conceal the story of the earth each for their own aims—and at a price. Deep Past is a thriller that delivers not only the requisite veracity and tension but delivers a final message of unsurpassing beauty and emotive power.”
About the Author/作者介绍： Eugene Linden，获奖记者，科学、自然、环境作家。本书基于其过去十余部非虚构类图书的创作经验，包括他有关动物智慧和气候变化的著作《人猿、人类和语言》，《纽约时报》“名著”《沉默的伴侣》以及畅销书《鹦鹉的哀鸣》。他的作品《变化的风》探讨了气候变化和文明沉浮的关系，荣获Grantham Prize Special Award of Merit。多年来，他都致力于进行自然和全球环境问题的创作，并凭借作品获得了多个奖项。他还为《纽约时报》《外交》《国家地理》等众多刊物撰稿。
Eugene Linden is an award-winning journalist and author on science, nature, and the environment. Deep Past draws on his long career in non-fiction as the author of ten books, including his celebrated works on animal intelligence and climate change: Apes, Men, and Language, the New York Times “Notable Book” Silent Partners, and the bestselling The Parrot’s Lament. His book, Winds of Change, which explored the connection between climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations, was awarded the Grantham Prize Special Award of Merit. For many years, Linden wrote about nature and global environmental issues for TIME where he garnered several awards including the American Geophysical Union’s Walter Sullivan Award. He has also contributed to the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and National Geographic, among many other publications.
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