Publisher's Synopsis
It's been seventy thousand years since a small tribe left Africa crossing the Bilen Sea. From Tallon's adventurous spirit their souls were moved to go further, push deeper into the land. With a yearning to explore the descendants of Tallon and Kaima have settled the blue planet. From Kaima, borne in their blood was a deep love of family and belief that the land was rich, abundant, and sacred that they strove to build communities to carve out a home. Over time the people were as different as the land they settled upon. From dearest dark, to purest white, to sun dune tan and serene alabaster. Adapting and evolving to survive harsh winters, desert heat, lush valleys, and thick jungles. Their differences only made further by climate, environment, and diet. With abundance some grew tall. In unfriendly terrains some grew short. Some in cold climes would grow thick hair on their bodies that protected, but plagued them, while others grew long locks that swayed heavy in the tropical breeze. Their eyes were the colors of the sea, from darkest black, emerald green, soft brown, to clearest blue. These were the people of the blue planet.Lumi Weeps is five stories over time when the descendants of Tallon and Kaima make contact. Do they recognize their cousins, uncles, aunts, sisters, and brothers? Do they greet them with a warm welcome or a hostile stare? What happens when humans meet other humans?The novel begins in ancient Egypt with..."The Centurian," in 36BC, Centurian Jonias Ponti has fled to Alexandria with Mark Antony. He is a loyal soldier and sworn to uphold his duties, until one night the cries of an Egyptian slave tear through everything he was taught to believe, when in a moment of clarity his mind screams, "She's just a girl!"In "Xia, a girl," it's 1211AD, and the Mongols want control of Northern Song China. The elders of Heilong understand the danger and have assigned Xia to a nightly watch. As Xia watches over the tree tops for Mongols she feels hot, her skin is flushed. How can she watch for Mongols when Taizu, the boy she loves, is standing there?"The Painter"- Amaru, a fisherman, lives in one of the greatest Pre-Columbian cities the world has never heard of, filled with riches the Europeans will sail across the Atlantic for. When Inca warriors attack he is set on a path to save his sister, but to do so he must befriend an Inca warrior, who discovers his deepest desire, but should he trust him?In "Mohawk," in 1773AD New York, Kariwase, a young Mohawk, must learn to communicate with Europeans, who have settled in his country. Talk of war among the colonists force his people to choose sides, a decision whose consequences affect his tribe, and the future of his unborn child."Freedom's Sorrow"-South Carolina in 1850AD is in the heart of slavery. Tendaji and Nyah were born free in Cape Town, South Africa, have just arrived on a Portuguese slave ship. At the auction block they are sold separately, a thing that Tendaji cannot endure. In this brutal world he has only one thought, 'Nyah, I will find you.'And we mustn't forget the Tyrinnians. What have they been up to for the last seventy thousand years? Find out in "Home," the last story in Lumi Weeps.
