Shame of Man (Geodyssey, Vol. 2)

Beginning in the earliest origins of our ancient ancestors who emerged from the Eden of Africa millions of years ago, Shame of Man follows two lovers -- Hugh, a dreamer and musician, and his beloved Ann, a beautiful dancer -- as they struggle to preserve their family and their way of life during some of the most turbulent periods of our savage past. Their saga takes them from the caves of prehistoric Europe to the Holy Land in the time of King David, through the imperial court of third-century Japan, and Damascus in the early days of Islam, to Central Asia in the era of Genghis Khan, and the fallen paradise of Easter island, concluding with a harrowing glimpse of our future in the wreckage of a world devastated by global ecological catastrophe. Through their eyes we experience humanity's greatest triumphs, and witness it's greatest shame, the relentless exploitation of nature that now threatens our very survival. Synopsis -A magnificent epic of danger, desire, triumph and tragedy, Piers Anthony’s SHAME OF MAN is nothing less than the story of humanity itself. It is the story of two lovers reborn throughout history – Hugh, a dreamer and musician, and his beloved Ann, a beautiful dancer – as they struggle to preserve their family and their way of life during some of the most turbulent periods of our savage past – and our troubled future. Through their eyes we experience humanity’s greatest achievements, and witness its greatest shame, the relentless exploitation of nature that now threatens our very survival. A collection of stories on the history of mankind from early times to the present. Each story is set in a different part of the world at a different time--Europe in 1500 BC, Asia in 200 AD--but the protagonists always have the same names, a single family reborn again and again. Particular attention is paid to man's impact on the environment. By the author of the Isle of Women Two lovers, reborn throughout the most turbulently savage eras of human history, from the prehistoric European caves to the fallen paradise of Easter Island, struggle to preserve their family.