Umhlaba oMtsha yinoveli eyintsomi ebhalwe ngoyena mbhali uthengisa kakhulu waseBritane, uEckhart Tolle. Ipapashwe ngo-2005, le noveli ilandela umlinganiswa ogama linguAdam, oqalisa uhambo lokomoya lokufumana eyona njongo yakhe yobomi. Njengoko uhambo lwakhe luqhubela phambili, uAdam udibana nabafundisi bokomoya kunye nezikhokelo ezimnceda ukuba aqonde imigaqo yobukho bomntu kunye nendlela anokufikelela ngayo kwimeko ephezulu yokuqonda.
Le noveli iphonononga imixholo enjengothando olungagungqiyo, uxolelo, inkululeko yangaphakathi, kunye nokuvuka ngokomoya. Ibhalwe kwimbono engeyiyo eyenkolo kwaye inika izixhobo ezisebenzayo ukunceda umfundi ukuba afumane indlela yakhe yokukhanya. Ibali linokuqonda kwaye liyakhuthaza, linemizekelo emininzi yendlela imigaqo yokomoya enokusetyenziswa ngayo ukuphucula ubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla. Le ncwadi ikwaqulathe izicatshulwa ezininzi zombongo ezibonisa izimvo zombhali ngentsingiselo enzulu yobukho bomntu.