The first volume of what promises to be a singular literary adventure: to recount the whole of human history in the form of a single, long novel. Noam is a young man when the Flood wreaks havoc on the world, destroying the peaceful lakeside village he called home, and turning his life upside down. Destined to live forever as an immortal, Noam travels through the centuries in search of the meaning of life, and the events which shaped...