Book One GENESIS I Book Two THE REVELATION 83 Book Three THE JUDGES 187 Book Four 5EL AND THE SERPENT 313 Book Five EXODUS 377 Book six SONG or THE THREE CHILDREN 507 Book Seven THE EYES IN THE TREES 535 Bibliography 545
Author's Note THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. Its principal characters are pure inventions with no relations on this earth, as far as I know. But the Congo in which I placed them is genuine. The historical figures and events described here are as real as I could render them with the help of recorded history, in all its fascinating variations. Because I wasn't able to enter Zaire while researching and writing the novel, I relied on memory, travel in other parts of Africa, and many people's accounts of the natural, cultural, and social history of the Congo/Zaire. Such is the diversity and value of these sources