Alternate cover edition of: ISBN 190658253X and 9781906582531 A biographical novel about Alfred Wallace. In the mid-1800s, Wallace explored the remote Amazon and distant Malay Archipelago, collecting beetles, moths, ants and birds—specimens that sold for pennies apiece in England. However, as Wallace toiled in obscurity, he also investigated ideas that confounded the world’s leading scientific minds. Then in 1858, Wallace makes the most stunning discovery of his era: evolution by natural selection. Wallace must share equal credit for the theory with Charles Darwin, and finally gains a measure of grudging respect, but acceptance by the scientific community eludes him. From oppressive jungle to mid-Victorian London, The Evolutionist tells of one man’s determination to seek out his own truth. It is a story of perseverance and inspiration, science and faith, and ultimately, it is about the resilience of the human heart.