A thief offers a woman a chance at a new life by cutting her bonds, beginning a journey that will take both of them downriver and out to the coast of West Africa. The time is 12,000 BC, and war is breaking out between the villages on the coast. Frant...
The South Pacific Islands, 14,000 years ago After terrible floods destroy their villages, some islanders turn to the strongest leader for answers, but others see the floods as a sign calling them to make a change. Escaping by night, they leave the wo...
She slumped against the rock and hugged her arm close to her body. “Do I have a clan? I bear the marks of my clan, my history from the day I left childhood behind to the moment I was accepted as a fully initiated member, right here, written for ...
When a corrupt chief dies, the ancestors refuse to welcome him into their ranks. Instead, they send him back to try it again. With his short temper and confused memories, he faces a hard road to redemption. But he gets some help from spirits and frie...