Aaron Williams was born on an island just off the coast of Haiti to Christine Williams, a beautiful white woman that was born and raised in the USA. She was murdered when he was nineteen. His father, Shimrod, was a huge black man that he had never met. I am not a bastard! I am a white man with a tan! Aaron screamed at his mother. After graduating from college, Aaron’s life changed dramatically and forever. A photo shown to him by Apiffany started a new beginning of life that was filled with deceit, controversy, sex and violence, that included mass murder. Shimrod, The Beginning follows Aaron Williams, who at nineteen finds himself virtually on his own and questioning aspects of his heritage. Drawing upon a conception of island culture and folk belief, the story spans a range of locales from Haiti to Capetown, South Africa, and more.