Muti

About the Book

Abstract for Muti

In the time after the Great Destruction, the Kin in their remote mountain fastness increase their patrols of land and sea to fend off any of the many who would destroy them. Their enemies could be the dreaded Hittites, the still powerful Egyptians, or the newly powerful Phoenician traders or any others who desperate and ambitious seek to conquer them. As they figure out their strategy amidst all the killing, life goes on, the young are attracted to one another, there are romantic rivalries, babies are born, the old die, the traders trade, the soldiers train, the artists create, the leaders lead, they hope with honor. All must consider of the meaning of their lives and how they live them.

About the Author

Joan H Parks lives in Chicago, IL, and after a career in clinical research refreshed her life by becoming a fiction writer. Her undergraduate degree was from the University of Rochester in Non-Western Civilizations, her MBA from the University of Chicago. She studies poetry, including Yeats and the Canterbury Tales (in Middle English); has an interest in the ancient world which she has gratified by studying at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; is an aficionado of The Tales of Genji, which she rereads every year or so. Her family regards these activities with amusement, for she also listens to Willie Nelson and Dierks Bentley. She can be contacted at joanhparks.com