Hurt by betrayal Mark Sterling learns that his pain is one that has harried man since the beginning of time and he discovers that love infidelity, hate greed cruelty and compassion made up the life of long dead Peter Kinsman killer of elephants and men. Kinsman is a man in love with two women. His story begins at the onset of the 20th century with war against the Boers and is put to rest a century later continents