You’re traveling back through time and space to another land, another existence, another frame of mind. Civilization is an unknown dream; mere survival a daily, never-ending task. You’re entering an emotional state driven by innate reflex and fundamental human passion. On one hand is destiny, the other, oblivion. You’ve just turned the first page of the story of humankind. Your next stop . . . East Africa, 120,000 years ago.
Interested in the early origins of anatomically modern humans? Intrigued by the hunter-gatherer lifestyle with its egalitarian culture and intrinsic harmony with nature? Fascinated with the ancient, supernatural worldviews of animism, shamanism, fertility reverence, astral polytheism and ancestor veneration? Love a ripping good fantasy-adventure yarn that you’ll have trouble putting down?
Your search is over . . .
The people of the Moon tribe live and love on the high East African Lake Plateau, until threatened by the evil despot of an encroaching chiefdom of tribes. A sensuous midnight celebration of the full moon that you won’t want to miss!
The cast of characters:
- Zanra the rover and warrior, who leads his kinsmen in defense of his tribe
- Tessema the tribal princess, acknowledged to be a direct descendant of Ilanti the Moon Goddess
- Green-eye the shaman, the living voice, and hand, of the ancestors of the Moon tribe
- Aila, the earthly symbol of fertility to her people
- Matubo, chief of the Moon tribe
- Mazi the rover and warrior, who leads her troop of younger auxiliaries
- Ojo the ancient, the oldest living member of the Moon tribe
- Diambo the warrior, aide to Zan-ra, who takes her grisly revenge on a despicable traitor
- High Chief Kabara of the Zama chiefdom of tribes, who has sworn to cover his high seat with the hide of Zan-ra, and to possess the princess Tessema as his personal slave.
- Prince Raboo, the vicious and dangerous younger brother of Kabara
- Tafaro, young prince of a coastal tribe, a hostage of Kabara who escapes and joins the Moon tribe
- Bopato, Kabara’s highly experienced war chief
- Feather Martinez, Charlie Nyland, Jimmy Cooper and Leakey the cat, a modern-day archaeological team who uncover the remains of anatomically modern humans under a bed of Neanderthal artifacts.
