In this imaginative history, reincarnating souls traverse the first thirty millennia of humanity. One soul, Shimmer, searches in life after life for Sita and Ahalya, his beloved wives. From Africa to the Gangetic Plain, he helps good people seek homes and beauty, peace and love, but others raid and kill. The Great Ice Age collapses; near-annihilation follows. Will good people survive when they can no longer move beyond the villains' reach? Will there be war? Yes, there are battles - and a gigantic bird, a small unicorn, nephelim, pyramids, time travel, the universe of worlds, the first basket, the wheel, Second Dynasty Egyptians, English Romantics, and more.