What could someone living thousands of years in the past possibly teach a modern woman surrounded by technology, careers, traffic, social media and scientific knowledge?
In L. Richard Feldenberg’s forthcoming novel THEIA, the answer is surprisingly profound.
At the center of the story is Theia Soul, a singer, songwriter and actress who has been able to communicate with unusual companions since childhood. One of the most important is Pretty Flower, a prehistoric woman who lives in a completely different era yet shares a powerful mental connection with Theia.
Their relationship is more than a mysterious link across time.
Pretty Flower becomes a trusted friend, confidante and source of wisdom. Although the two women live in radically different worlds, their conversations reveal how many human concerns remain recognizable across the ages. Fear, love, survival, family, purpose, grief and the desire to belong are not uniquely modern struggles.
Theia eventually learns that she is a Prajna, a gifted being who can communicate with evolutionary ancestors. Pretty Flower is part of that extraordinary connection, helping Theia understand that the history of humanity is not just a collection of dates and fossils. It is a chain of living beings whose choices and survival made the present possible.
Pretty Flower’s world is dangerous in ways Theia’s is not. Survival can depend on finding food, avoiding predators, reading the environment and understanding when to take a risk. In one memorable scene, Theia desperately tries to guide Pretty Flower away from a charging prehistoric rhinoceros, demonstrating how immediate and real their connection can become.
Yet Pretty Flower often seems equally capable of guiding Theia.
While Theia struggles with relationships, self-doubt, emotional wounds and questions about her purpose, Pretty Flower frequently encourages her to trust herself, listen to those who love her and pay attention to the mysterious forces connecting life through time.
There is something compelling about that reversal.
The modern woman may possess more technology and scientific knowledge, but the prehistoric woman carries a different kind of understanding. Pretty Flower knows the importance of community, instinct, resilience and accepting that life cannot always be controlled. She reminds Theia that survival is not only physical. People also need courage, connection and a sense of purpose.
Their friendship becomes especially meaningful because Theia often feels misunderstood in her own time. Pretty Flower does not dismiss her unusual abilities or ask her to become more conventional. She accepts Theia as she is.
That acceptance becomes part of Theia’s larger journey toward understanding herself.
Through their relationship, THEIA raises an intriguing question: have modern humans gained knowledge while sometimes losing touch with older forms of wisdom?
Feldenberg does not romanticize the prehistoric world as easy or peaceful. It is harsh, unpredictable and dangerous. But the novel suggests that people living closer to nature may understand truths about survival, connection and resilience that still matter today.
For readers who enjoy speculative fiction with emotional depth, evolutionary themes, science, mythology, friendship and philosophical questions, THEIA offers a fascinating relationship that stretches across time itself.
THEIA by L. Richard Feldenberg is currently in the publishing phase and will be available soon.
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