THE POSTHUMAN SAGA

Humans in Spacetime... What a Shock あらすじ・解説

In this poetic and philosophical science fiction odyssey, the mind and emotions are no longer bound together. Higgs, a liberated mindwave, escapes the chaos of Earth and travels to the planet Proton—a place of eternal light and engineered perfection. There, with the help of Quark, a native being of pure intelligence, Higgs takes human form and begins a journey that defies space and time.

Together with Ardi—an ancient hominid resurrected through cosmic time dilation—they travel back to Earth’s past, witnessing firsthand the evolution of civilization and the collapse of human values. From the mysteries of Ardipithecus to the ritualistic power of Ancient Egypt, from the brutality of the Trojan War to the manipulations of modern faith and capitalism, Humans in SpaceTime… What a Shock paints a gripping reverse timeline of human development and decline.

As the spaceship Contact Us observes Earth’s contradictions—love and war, genius and delusion—Higgs wrestles with the question: Can humanity ever evolve beyond its emotional chaos? Or are we destined to remain children in the vast timeline of the cosmos?

With rich narrative, speculative science, and emotionally resonant characters, this novel explores the divide between mind and feeling, intellect and instinct, future and past. It is a vision of Earth seen from the outside, both beautiful and heartbreaking.

For readers of Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, and Yuval Noah Harari, this is a mind-bending meditation on evolution, identity, and the fragile thread that defines what it means to be human.

©2023 Independently published (P)2026 A.Z. Shehu (Agron)