Homo Sapiens experience a new mutation that includes a remnant of the Neanderthal. This new man can sense when a female is fertile, is highly intelligent and uses mind control.
A story in the The Integration Era Universe
Sergeant Mira Voss has spent eleven weeks guarding an archaeological dig on a frontier world nobody cares about. Twenty-two years of service reduced to watching scientists poke at alien ruins that have never done anything interesting. Then the ruins wake up.
When Sarah, a grounded yet adventurous young teacher, takes a quiet drive through the countryside, her journey is interrupted by a stunning, otherworldly encounter. Abducted by a dying alien race desperate to preserve their kind, Sarah is thrust into a sensual, high-stakes intergalactic experiment. As her body and mind are transformed in unimaginable ways, she must navigate the boundaries of fear, desire, and her role in the survival of a species on the brink of extinction.
The kagaijin are a race of people who share a common ancestor with modern man, but took a different evolutionary path - a stronger one, in most respects. Prince Tsuyoken is their newest king in training, but every king needs a queen, and he has his sights set on one.