Hi, I'm Dr. Timothy Dale White. Author. Professor. Street-level humanitarian. Dumpster poet. Retired pastor and, most importantly, grandpa. Just trying to leave the world a little kinder than I found it. I began writing The Original Human Beings over forty years ago while working on projects to help children living in Central African and Central American slums survive and thrive. Since then, I've worked with recyclers living in garbage dumps, refugees, orphans, and some of the bravest souls I've ever known. Technically, I started penning the book in 2016-and I've worked night and day on it, putting in over 10,000 hours. (Yes, my wife has been counting.) I guess you could call this novel a dream or maybe an addiction of the heart. Sure, I've earned two doctorates-including one from Fuller Seminary-but don't worry. This book isn't for Christians. It is for everyone. It's for anyone who believes being human still matters. As a Christian, I'm commanded to love my neighbor. And who's my neighbor? Everyone. That truth is at the heart of this story. I've seen it echoed in atheism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and just about every sincere philosophy I've encountered. This novel is for all of us. In an age of rising inhumanity, it's a call to remember what it means to be human.