Daizal Samad is a full professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Guyana and has received three Best Professor Awards for his teaching, scholarship, and administrative excellence. *In the Beginning* is his second novel, following his debut *The Mirror Tells Its Tale*. He has also published a poetry collection titled *Rivers Whisper Stars*. In addition to his novels and poetry, Samad has authored hundreds of scholarly articles and short stories internationally and co-written *A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions* and *Wholeness and Home in West Indian Literature*. Currently, he is working on a collection of short stories and a new novel. Despite his extensive scholarly and artistic endeavors, Professor Samad is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of scholars and writers in his native Guyana.