"In this compelling adventure, the stories of three wise women -- each called Zena, yet born thousands of generations apart -- unfold in a compassionate and moving saga that celebrates the remarkable growth of the human spirit."Ranging from the African savanna more than one million years ago to t...
Laura took advantage of the delay to finish untying Richard. She had made surprising progress even in the dark, and now that she could see the task took only a moment. Richard rubbed his wrists, wincing, and she saw that he had a long gash on one side of his head. He was very pale.The voices drif...
There were five others: a stout German couple with a grown but still gangly daughter, a middle-aged Englishwoman in sensible tweeds, and a tall, stooped Scotsman with a thick beard and ginger hair. Laura was glad none of them were French. Even if she spoke the language well, she wouldn’t fool a n...
He preferred to stay behind her so she would not notice that the stiffness in his joints was worse. He would be glad to get home and go to the healer again. She had inserted thin wooden needles purified by fire in certain spots along his legs and back and twisted them gently. The treatment had he...