Searching for My Wives by William Bostock

One and one-half million years ago, Humankind struggles to emerge from the protohuman stocks in Africa. Two groups of souls collide: Shimmer, his wives Sita and Ahalya, Silver, and Old Shiver stand for life and love, but Murk eggs on Mud, Muck, Mire, and Matsch to slaughter and despoil. Life after life, from Kenya to the Ganges, Shimmer fights the old destroyer, all the while desiring time to find and share lives with his wives.