Humanity's distant ancestors were fleeing annihilation when their escape ship was hit by a stray missile and they were trapped in space. Fighting furiously, they engineered a daring escape and managed to elude the pursuers. But they were forced to land on a planet well-known to be uninhabitable. However, on landing they were surprised to find that the old planet to be alive and well, with another fledgling human race flourishing where once there had been total desolation.This is the story of that adventure, as recorded by the ship's captain. It is their story and it is also ours.Like almost all really exceptional books, The Genesis Cycle leaves the reader thinking. Are our old assumptions really correct? What if Mother Earth really is Mother Earth? What if the ability to pollute constitutes a very final test for mankind? What if modern religions are based on time-distorted versions of real events? What if the pyramids were our ancestors' first attempts at building a spaceship? What if our cousins are far out in space waiting for us to visit them? and "The Genesis Cycle" provides some answers to these questions.