Gene - Stel Pavlou

Do you believe in past lives? What if there was a genetic explanation for them? What if those strange experiences that everybody has of having been somewhere before, or having seen a similar face before are remnants of the past, encoded by the same mechanism that allows for the evolution of instinct? What if someone found a way to unlock those memories to give you a greater sense of who you are? What would you expect to find out about yourself? What if you find out you have a dark half? And if we are the sum of our memories, are these memories that are being awakened our ancestors'? Or our own ... more

This book was outside of my normal crime fiction genre, but it was recommended to me so I thought I'd give it a try. ~Brief Synopsis~ The book starts on the day Cyclades dies, killed in battle on the day the Trojan horse brought destruction to Troy. After being injured during the fight Cyclades was tended to by a wild haired women. Cyclades dies at the moment he witnesses his own conception! Fast forward a few hundred years, and the book begins proper in New York City. Detective James North has been called to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a young man has grabbed one of the ancient Trojan ... more