Kiya and Her Children is the second in a six-book series. It tells the story of Chief Vanam’s banishment of his mate, Kiya, and their children from his tribe of hunter-gatherers to become outcasts who cannot be looked upon—“Titans.” He expects them to die lonely, miserable deaths. Kiya, however, has other plans. The Titans, with love and humanity, overcome all obstacles and create a prospering industrial society and spread their flourishing civilization throughout the world. This is the story of the price they pay. The series, The Beginning of Civilization: Mythologies Told True, is a character-driven narrative that explores the fears and desires of flawed everyday people whose lives and exploits, told and retold through the ages, gave rise to our traditions and mythologies. Each book, like life and civilization, grows more complex and conflicted from the simple, predictable first book through the sprawling, multi-storied, multi-generational sixth.