Animal The Book of Forgotten History
A retelling of history through the eyes of extinct animals.

Animal The Book of Forgotten History reimagines the story of life on Earth — from the first oceans to a post-human age — through the memories of animals who watched it unfold. Where human history focuses on progress and conflict, extinct creatures remember something how intelligence evolved, adapted, broke, and sometimes vanished.

Told as a blend of fable, natural history, comic illustration, and light philosophical storytelling, the book follows a hidden network of animal “intelligence agents” who have quietly documented every major turning point in Earth’s past. Their voices range from humorous to reflective, but each carries a long view of time that stretches far beyond the human perspective.

Across ten sweeping epochs, readers meet creatures who interpret the rise of humans in their own

Whales who try to bring humans to their side

Cats and rats divided by plague, faith, and survival

Horses and hawks who regret the empires they once witnessed

Cows crossing the Atlantic with explorers

And countless extinct beings who still whisper warnings from the past

These stories explore simple but powerful
What does it mean to become the dominant species? What responsibilities come with intelligence? How might the planet’s story continue long after humans?


What Readers Will Find

A fresh retelling of evolution and extinction, seen through animal memories

A world of humorous, tragic, and wise voices that make deep time feel personal

A visually engaging narrative that mixes comics with myth-history

A gentle invitation to rethink humanity’s place in the world


Ten Epochs of Forgotten HistoryThe Age of Arrogance (Paleozoic) — life’s first gamble with intelligence

The Age of Wars (Mesozoic) — the rise and fall of dinosaur logic

The Age of Myths (Cenozoic) — betrayals between early humans and animals

The Age of Settlement — the first pacts of companionship

The Axial Age — when some species briefly surpassed humans in knowledge

The Age of Mirrors — cats, faith, love, and the brutality of the Middle Ages

The Age of Migration — voyages across the sea and a promise that changed destiny

The Age of Retreat — animals losing faith during industrial modernity

The Age of Espionage — animals secretly observing the human world again

The Age of Remembrance — a post-human future asking whether we can learn to remember


A New Kind of StorytellingAnimal Intelligence is more than a single book —