Book I of Mother People. The stories of three wise women - each called Zena, yet born thousands of generations apart - unfold in a compassionate and moving saga that celebrates the remarkable growth of the human spirit. Ranging from the African savanna more than one million years ago to the fertile shores of the Red Sea to the magnificent limestone caves of the Pyrenees mountains - where the first artists painted the firelit wonders of their existence and negotiate a world they do not understand. In this world, an ostrich eggshell becomes a wondrous device for carrying water and the earth's upheavals reveal a lush, lifesaving oasis to a starving tribe. Cover art by Greg Harlin.