Daniel Quinn once again turns the tables and creates an 'otherworld' that is very like this one, yet fascinating beyond words. Imagine that Nazi Germany had been the first to develop the atomic bomb and the Allies surrendered. America was never invaded, bombed or occupied, but was forced nonetheless to acknowledge Nazi world dominance. Eventually the world is bred to be entirely Aryan. Now imagine that reincarnation of the soul is a reality and that the soul of an Black African woman who lived during World War II has come back to reassert herself...