Mzumi

About the Book

MZUMI is set in mid-1990’s East Africa amid drought, famine and civil war. At the story’s center is the fossilized skeleton of a mid-Pliocene primate, considered by its discoverers to be the common ancestor of all living human beings and anthropoid apes—the missing link, if you will. The scientists, however, face great difficulty in getting the fossil and themselves safely out of the rapidly deteriorating nation. Into this arena comes a charismatic young televangelist intent on bringing food, medical help and spiritual salvation to the “heathen hordes of Africa”. But a local tribal strong-man has other plans for the missionary, as well as for the valuable fossil. The evangelist, for his part, would like to see the “old bones of a long dead demon” destroyed.

About the Author

Greg Knepp’s background is as varied as his panoramic novel MZUMI. By trade a graphic designer and fine artist, he has also been professionally involved in social work, sales, manufacturing management, consulting, engineering, the theatre and writing. He has several magazine articles to his credit as well as numerous technical manuals, social studies and reams of advertising copy. MZUMI is his first (though certainly not his last) novel. His keen interest in anthropology, religion, politics and geography is evident in the fascinating adventure story of which you are about to partake. A world traveler with an extensive knowledge of other cultures, he currently resides with his wife and daughter in an historic downtown neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.