Edwin Lee Guzman

When an unsuspecting man discovers the cops know what he did, the only way out of capital punishment, is a STAPLER.

RISING FIRE, an early human, flees with her small daughter KONA pursued by a violent warband -- the LION MEN. When she is inadvertently saved by one of the last NEANDERTHALS, the two struggle to communicate and find trust. But when the Lion Men return, they become the key to one another's survival - and the future of humanity.