Refusing to marry a man from an enemy tribe in order to establish peace, Norakamo chief's daughter Alane finds that she is unable to resist the remarkable Nardo and realizes that her marriage must succeed if either tribe is to survive. Reprint. PW. AB.
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With assured plotting, pacing and characterization, Wolf (The Horsemasters) again convincingly imagines prehistoric people and events, this time transporting readers to the Europe of 12,000 years ago. When reindeer-essential for food, clothing and tools-begin to leave European lowland valleys for more abundant mountain pastures, it looks as though the matriarchal Kindred tribe will have to fight the patriarchal Norakamo nomads for new land and hunting rights. But Rorig, chief of the Kindred, and Tedrik, head of the Norakamo, wisely agree on a marriage between Tedrik's daughter, Alane, and Rorig's son, Nardo, a union that eventually unites their tribes, despite opposition from Nardo's powerful mother, Mara, and other enemies in both groups. Peace is short-lived, however, for soon the fierce Redu, who use bows and arrows, invade the mountain pastures even as Alane and Nardo struggle with cultural differences-and with sabotage by Mara, who fears the dissolution of matriarchal power. Matters come to a head in a dramatic battle whose conclusion finds Alane and Nardo positing a wise and hopeful resolution to the survivors of all three tribes. Despite some jarring anachronisms (after a fall, Nardo says, "I think I have a concussion"), this is, overall, a vividly told escape into the past. Literary Guild selection.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
YA?Details of prehistoric society come to life in this entertaining, complex novel. An unnecessary death during a routine raid to steal horses comes close to causing deadly war between two tribes, and a truce must be arranged. Alane, the daughter of one chief, marries Nardo, the son of the other chief. Many teens will easily identify with her difficulty settling into a new life, especially with her mother-in-law, as many of them must cope with adjusting to new stepfamilies. The complex plot then centers on alliances and battle strategies as hunting grounds shift and a new enemy of both tribes must be conquered. The major characters are well developed, with attitudes and problems similar to ours today: love, hate, jealousy, desire for power. The list of all personages in the beginning is essential to keep tribal allegiances straight. The one map is helpful in sorting out distances and direction. A compelling look at a very different era.?Claudia Moore, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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By Colleen
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is an excellent book for those who want a "light" prehistoric read. Although Wolf lacks detail concerning prehistoric aspects of everyday life, the story is is well written and very entertaining.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent read
May 24 1999
By Colleen
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is an excellent book for those who want a "light" prehistoric read. Although Wolf lacks detail concerning prehistoric aspects of everyday life, the story is is well written and very entertaining.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not as epic as the first 2 in the series
Nov 26 2002
By A Customer
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This novel is the third in a series. Each book can be read individually, even if you don't own the others, because only the place (the French Pyrenees mountains) and some tribes names really bind the three novels together. The first in the series ("Daughter of The Red Deer") is set several generations before the second book ("The Horsemasters" -- the best out of the three!), and The Reindeer Hunters is set thousands of years after the second book, though still with the same tribes.
After reading the first two books in the series, I was a little disappointed by this one. I enjoyed it, but it was far from the epic story and deep characters of The Horsemasters. In The Reindeer Hunters, I found myself shaking my head many times reading about all the things that didn't make any sense, inconsistencies and bad/stupid decisions made by the main characters. A lot of times, I felt like the author was just using the most convenient solution to certain problems the characters faced, regardless of whether or not it made sense at all. I was also confused about the "new way of life" of the Kindred tribes, which seemed different from the first two books (all living together as a single tribe?) -- and for those who had read them, no explanations were given as to those changes.
Still, with so few prehistory novels available, this book is a good read, better than others I've read. The descriptions of the beautiful French Pyrenees mountains make you want to be right there with the tribes and horses, enjoying the wilderness.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A watered down mix of the first two
Dec 1 2002
By Heather H.
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Format:Hardcover
This book is alright if you didn't read the first two, but if you did it is a little bit of a let down. We have already gone over the plot of this book from "Deer" and "Horsemasters", there just isn't anything really new in this one.
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