Piers Anthony's Shame of Man is a towering saga of remarkable scope, retelling the story of humanity
in a daring and exciting way. At once grand in scope and intimate in
human detail, Shame of Man recounts the stunning journey of a single family reborn again and again throughout history.
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.
The second volume in Piers Anthony's Geodyssey, Shame of Man draws upon Anthony's lifelong research into human behavior, and his
passionate concern for the future of our planet, a world now endangered
by the same gifts that lifted us out of savagery millions of years ago.
