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Replacement Chronicles #4
The Braided Stream
When the Neanderthal band led by the old matriarch, Elder Woman, ventures out to the edges of the Great High Plains, Raven's tranquil life with the Wind tribe is turned upside down. Her life mate, Leaf, and her oldest daughter, Wren, have suddenly gone missing, and Raven suspects that Elder Woman is behind their disappearance. Injured during her quest to find them, Raven is rescued by someone out of the past whom she never thought she would see again.
Meanwhile, Leaf finds himself in a very tough spot for unknown reasons. The only person who can explain what has happened to him is Elder Woman, but she's in no hurry to enlighten anyone. In trying to find answers, Leaf soon finds himself estranged from the people he cares for most with little hope of reconciliation.
As for Elder Woman, she's very sure of herself. Above all else, she wishes for her people to survive, and she will go to any lengths necessary to accomplish that goal even if it means she has to deal with Early Humans, a group she contemptuously calls "Them".
Picking up the story several years after Leaf, Raven, and Wren join up with the Wind tribe, The Braided Stream paints us a picture of how Early Modern Humans and Neanderthals met and interacted.
Set against the unrelenting landscape of ice age Eurasia, the Braided Stream is a reading binge of Neanderthals and Early Humans for those who believe that Jean Auel's first book "The Clan of the Cave Bear" was her best work.
The Braided Stream can be enjoyed without reading the first three parts of The Replacement Chronicles Series.
268 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 9, 2019
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About the author
Harper Swan
4 books24 followersHarper Swan lives in Tallahassee, Florida with her husband and three sweet but very spoiled cats. Her interests include history from all eras, archaeology and genetics. She especially enjoys researching ancient history and reading about archaeological finds from Paleolithic sites. As well as writing stories with plots based in more recent times, Harper is also following a longtime dream of writing books that include the distant past, her inspiration drawn from Jean Auel.
Harper is the author of The Replacement Chronicles, a four-part series. The series titles in order are Raven’s Choice, Journeys of Choice, Choices that Cut, and The Braided Stream.
The Replacement Chronicles books are available in both paperback and e-book. Raven’s Choice is also published as a standalone e-book and is free on iBooks and Amazon for as long as the latter allows it to be so.
If you enjoy her writing, Harper is presently giving away Gas Heat—a story of family angst that takes places in the Deep South—to anyone who would like to subscribe to her mailing list. Just use the link below.
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Harper is the author of The Replacement Chronicles, a four-part series. The series titles in order are Raven’s Choice, Journeys of Choice, Choices that Cut, and The Braided Stream.
The Replacement Chronicles books are available in both paperback and e-book. Raven’s Choice is also published as a standalone e-book and is free on iBooks and Amazon for as long as the latter allows it to be so.
If you enjoy her writing, Harper is presently giving away Gas Heat—a story of family angst that takes places in the Deep South—to anyone who would like to subscribe to her mailing list. Just use the link below.
http://eepurl.com/b3MpEv
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October 15, 2019
The Braided Stream picks up Raven’s story as she, her mate Leaf and eldest daughter Wren were living with the Wind tribe. Leaf and Wren had gone to check the fish traps but were late returning and Raven was worried as night was almost upon them. She wanted to mount a search but the band’s leader, Fin, was dismissive of her worries. Leaf and Wren still hadn’t returned by morning and, convinced they were in danger, Raven set out to search for them with two of the camp’s trackers, Long and Short. Eventually they came across signs that showed lots of footprints were mixed in with those of Leaf and Wren. Footprints that Raven recognised.
Raven and her two companions followed the tracks into a canyon but the trail was leading them into the heart of a storm. Long and Short were lost in the deluge which flooded the canyon. Raven was badly injured and saved by someone she never thought to see again.
There was another tribal band living on the grasslands. One that Leaf and Raven had lived with for a while. The much depleted Longhead, or Neanderthal, band was lead by Elder Woman. Desperate to carry on the line, she had devised a plan to help her people to survive and was prepared to do whatever was necessary to achieve her aims, even if it went against their customs and involved Early Humans.
The Braided Stream could be read as a standalone but much of Raven’s backstory, and how she survived to arrive at this point, would be missed—from the time she was left, alone and childless when her mate died, banished from her tribe, putting her at the mercy of the leader of her sister’s tribe. Eventually she was driven out to fend for herself. Raven faced many dangers and an uncertain future. Now she is a mother of three, but still constrained by tribal laws and the fact of being female.
I’ve enjoyed, and been fascinated by, each part of The Replacement Chronicles. Together they make an epic tale of prehistory and how Early Man and Neanderthals could have met and interacted. At the same time, pointing to the fact that Neanderthals didn’t become extinct and have their place taken by Early Modern Man, but that the races interbred for survival, which would explain how many people today have traces of Neanderthal DNA.
It’s an intriguing theory, and a credible portrayal of how life could have been thousands of years ago. Imaginative and well written, with a narrative rich in detail and relatable emotions. The characters are realistic and easily visualised and I loved how the story concluded.
I chose to read and review The Braided Stream based on a digital copy of the book kindly supplied by the author.
Raven and her two companions followed the tracks into a canyon but the trail was leading them into the heart of a storm. Long and Short were lost in the deluge which flooded the canyon. Raven was badly injured and saved by someone she never thought to see again.
There was another tribal band living on the grasslands. One that Leaf and Raven had lived with for a while. The much depleted Longhead, or Neanderthal, band was lead by Elder Woman. Desperate to carry on the line, she had devised a plan to help her people to survive and was prepared to do whatever was necessary to achieve her aims, even if it went against their customs and involved Early Humans.
The Braided Stream could be read as a standalone but much of Raven’s backstory, and how she survived to arrive at this point, would be missed—from the time she was left, alone and childless when her mate died, banished from her tribe, putting her at the mercy of the leader of her sister’s tribe. Eventually she was driven out to fend for herself. Raven faced many dangers and an uncertain future. Now she is a mother of three, but still constrained by tribal laws and the fact of being female.
I’ve enjoyed, and been fascinated by, each part of The Replacement Chronicles. Together they make an epic tale of prehistory and how Early Man and Neanderthals could have met and interacted. At the same time, pointing to the fact that Neanderthals didn’t become extinct and have their place taken by Early Modern Man, but that the races interbred for survival, which would explain how many people today have traces of Neanderthal DNA.
It’s an intriguing theory, and a credible portrayal of how life could have been thousands of years ago. Imaginative and well written, with a narrative rich in detail and relatable emotions. The characters are realistic and easily visualised and I loved how the story concluded.
I chose to read and review The Braided Stream based on a digital copy of the book kindly supplied by the author.
September 4, 2019
In Harper Swan's The Braided Stream (2019), Book 4 of the Replacement Chronicles, itself an epic story of early man, a Neanderthal tribe lives close to another tribe, this one an archaic form of Homo sapiens, on a frigid geographic area called the Great High Plains. The sturdy Neanderthals, mostly of one family, are dying out despite their impressive physical strength and are desperate for children to keep their tribe alive. Elder Woman of the Neanderthal group kidnaps two of the other tribe she calls simply Them, a male named Leaf and a young girl named Wren herself born of a mating between the two groups. Elder Woman's plan is to have both mate with the few remaining members of her Neanderthal family and bear children to ensure their continuance. When Raven, Wren’s mother and Leaf's mate, is seriously injured trying to rescue her family, she herself is rescued by a male from her distant past, one she had thought to be dead. Together, they must come up with a way both groups can survive together despite their differences and historic animosities.
Swan does a masterful job of portraying a primitive culture filled with powerful people whose goals and dreams aren’t too different than our own. I found myself trying to see their distinct worlds through as they might, wondering how I would prevent extinction when so much is against them. The story's twists and turns kept me guessing right up until its satisfying and spectacular ending.
This is fourth in a series and explores why Neanderthals may have disappeared from prehistory. It easily stands alone so you’ll enjoy it even if you haven't read the earlier books.
Swan does a masterful job of portraying a primitive culture filled with powerful people whose goals and dreams aren’t too different than our own. I found myself trying to see their distinct worlds through as they might, wondering how I would prevent extinction when so much is against them. The story's twists and turns kept me guessing right up until its satisfying and spectacular ending.
This is fourth in a series and explores why Neanderthals may have disappeared from prehistory. It easily stands alone so you’ll enjoy it even if you haven't read the earlier books.
November 23, 2019
The Braided Stream follows on The Replacement Chronicles, and as with the previous tale of an early Homo sapiens woman named Raven, it is a meticulously researched story. Raven, known as a healer, had mated with a Neanderthal man she calls a Longhead, who was captured by her clan. The Longhead was released and returned to his family.
Now Raven has taken a young brave of her tribe called Leaf, as her mate, and when her half-Neanderthal, half-Home Sapiens daughter, whom she names Wren, is born, Leaf agrees to be her father. She now has two children with Leaf, Sky age six, and Windy, three, and they live with the Wind Tribe in . Raven is now considered the healer for her tribe, and on a day while she treats a young woman covered with bruises for tension and headache, she is confronted by a large raven. Raven considers the bird a harbinger of some event, which she feels is not good, and she wonders where Leaf and Wren have gone to hunt. Neither has returned, and when they are still missing the next day, Raven persuades the chief to give her some men – only two trackers as it turns out – to try to find where they’ve gone.
Raven and the trackers discover Leaf and Wren have been taken by several men with large footprints that Raven believes are those of Longheads. When they follow the tracks, they are swept away by a flash flood and Raven is severely injured. The Longhead father, named Chukar, appears to care for her.st – Chukar, the Longhead father of Wren -- appears
Leaf and Wren have been taken by Chukar’s mother, Elder Woman, a wily and devious old woman who is a healer and leader of her clan. She has devised nefarious plans to use both Leaf and Wren to rescue her tribe from extinction.
The story is told from shifting points of view, so you can see the panorama of the story through the eyes of Raven, Leaf and Elder Woman. Their stories blend effortlessly, a somewhat easier transition than that of the previous book, which wove back and forth from the present to the past.
The details of the landscape, food, herbal remedies, animals, hunting, and clothing are both fascinating and rich. The concern for tribal survival is a constant undercurrent, which comes to the forefront with the after-effects of a nearly asteroid strike that devastates the land. The characters are so well-described you can see them and the historical detail is on par with Jean Auel’s Clan of the Cave Bear series, enhancing the strong story line.
With all of the recent research into Neanderthals, this book hits the mark – they coexisted with modern humans for over 5000 years and were not the ape-like creatures they were originally thought to be: Neanderthals had very complex social structures and used languages to communicate. Some evidence reveals they were able to play musical instruments too. The author has used all this new information to create a great book.
I strongly recommend The Braided Stream to anyone who has ever wondered about our prehistoric ancestors, and to readers who like tales of strong women!
Now Raven has taken a young brave of her tribe called Leaf, as her mate, and when her half-Neanderthal, half-Home Sapiens daughter, whom she names Wren, is born, Leaf agrees to be her father. She now has two children with Leaf, Sky age six, and Windy, three, and they live with the Wind Tribe in . Raven is now considered the healer for her tribe, and on a day while she treats a young woman covered with bruises for tension and headache, she is confronted by a large raven. Raven considers the bird a harbinger of some event, which she feels is not good, and she wonders where Leaf and Wren have gone to hunt. Neither has returned, and when they are still missing the next day, Raven persuades the chief to give her some men – only two trackers as it turns out – to try to find where they’ve gone.
Raven and the trackers discover Leaf and Wren have been taken by several men with large footprints that Raven believes are those of Longheads. When they follow the tracks, they are swept away by a flash flood and Raven is severely injured. The Longhead father, named Chukar, appears to care for her.st – Chukar, the Longhead father of Wren -- appears
Leaf and Wren have been taken by Chukar’s mother, Elder Woman, a wily and devious old woman who is a healer and leader of her clan. She has devised nefarious plans to use both Leaf and Wren to rescue her tribe from extinction.
The story is told from shifting points of view, so you can see the panorama of the story through the eyes of Raven, Leaf and Elder Woman. Their stories blend effortlessly, a somewhat easier transition than that of the previous book, which wove back and forth from the present to the past.
The details of the landscape, food, herbal remedies, animals, hunting, and clothing are both fascinating and rich. The concern for tribal survival is a constant undercurrent, which comes to the forefront with the after-effects of a nearly asteroid strike that devastates the land. The characters are so well-described you can see them and the historical detail is on par with Jean Auel’s Clan of the Cave Bear series, enhancing the strong story line.
With all of the recent research into Neanderthals, this book hits the mark – they coexisted with modern humans for over 5000 years and were not the ape-like creatures they were originally thought to be: Neanderthals had very complex social structures and used languages to communicate. Some evidence reveals they were able to play musical instruments too. The author has used all this new information to create a great book.
I strongly recommend The Braided Stream to anyone who has ever wondered about our prehistoric ancestors, and to readers who like tales of strong women!
September 2, 2021
This is a very good follow on from the other books in this series. The main character, Raven, has more or less reached her full potential as a medicine woman and becomes the creator of a new clan consisting of both Neanderthals and early humans. This is about a separation from the one set of people you belong to but to enable your survival in a harsh world, means joining with another alien group who you previously abominated. There are good descriptions of the way of life these early people must have experienced and the many calamities they must have coped with. The characters are interesting and develop to play crucial roles in the story.
January 26, 2021
The Braided Stream (Replacement Chronicles Book 4)
The whole Replacement Chronicles series brings to life times and cultures dry historical reading tend to leave out. People-of all ages and cultures-feel, think and act. They were people, not just artifacts. They were alive-in their own time...they had feelings and reasons for their actions just like we do now.
The whole Replacement Chronicles series brings to life times and cultures dry historical reading tend to leave out. People-of all ages and cultures-feel, think and act. They were people, not just artifacts. They were alive-in their own time...they had feelings and reasons for their actions just like we do now.
April 7, 2020
Sometimes when a book is in the third part it gets a little tiring. This book was filled with new excitement. There was such good imagery the reader could see the movie in their imagination. I have recommended it to many of my friends, also Neanderthal fans.
April 26, 2020
Loved the series
I recommend reading her first book first to feel the full concept of the storyline. Very well written, leaves no stone unturned as she progresses with venturing story. Waiting for another book!
I recommend reading her first book first to feel the full concept of the storyline. Very well written, leaves no stone unturned as she progresses with venturing story. Waiting for another book!
December 15, 2020
Loved the series!
I thought the main character, Raven, was well developed and all the other characters also. definitely reminded me of Aul’s series!
I thought the main character, Raven, was well developed and all the other characters also. definitely reminded me of Aul’s series!
October 22, 2019
The Braided Stream (The Replacement Chronicles Part Four): by Harper Swan
Genre: Historical Fiction, Prehistoric Fiction
Published September 2019
Pages: 268
Available in ebook and paperback
Reviewers Note: I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
The Plot: The Braided Stream is the fourth is a series which chronicles the lives of Raven and Leaf who lived in a prehistoric world alongside the Neanderthals. I read it as a stand alone novel. (I will now go back and read the earlier books!) but I never felt lost in the series. The Neanderthals, known as the People, are dying out and Elder Woman, the cagey leader of her clan is determined to see to the survival of her family. To do this, she kidnaps Leaf and his daughter Wren, members of the Wind Clan, and a separate race, known as Them. Elder Woman hopes they will mate with her children and grandchildren and propagate a new generation. Raven tracks the pair back to the clan's cave and struggles to free her child and mate even as she reunites with Elder Woman's son Chukar.
The History: Little is known about the cultural lives of our prehistoric ancestors. When did they achieve true speech, when did religion arise and in what form, what was the nature of their relationships? This void gives authors, a blank canvas on which to create the world of prehistoric peoples almost from scratch. Jean M. Auel's 1984, Clan of the Cave Bear, is one of the most celebrated books in this genre. That being said, fans of Ms. Auel will be delighted with the world and characters created by Harper Swan. She paints a vivid, realistic picture of the lives of these people. I felt like I was squatting in front of the hearth fire alongside Raven eating raw liver.
The author does a great job of creating language, cultural norms and religion for her characters as well a differentiating the abilities between the two early hominid species. I appreciated that Swan created strong women in Raven and Elder Woman, both take charge women who lead their clans with their intellect and their nurturing natures.
The Writing: Harper's writing is clean and crisp and very well edited. The pace clips along and there are no slow bits. I was never tempted to skip ahead. I was happy to see that the dialogue is written in modern English with no manufactured words or stilted grammar meant convey an archaic language.
Overall: I really enjoyed diving into the prehistoric world of Raven and Leaf. I read Auel's books back in the day and was a huge fan. I found this book equally enjoyable.
Recommendation: I would highly recommend The Braided Stream to fans of Jean Auel, you're sure to enjoy it. Anyone who is curious about prehistoric peoples and how they may have lived. There is a fair amount of 'conjugal relations' in the book, but it is not graphic and in keeping with the rest of the book.
Rating: I give this book 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Historical Fiction, Prehistoric Fiction
Published September 2019
Pages: 268
Available in ebook and paperback
Reviewers Note: I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
The Plot: The Braided Stream is the fourth is a series which chronicles the lives of Raven and Leaf who lived in a prehistoric world alongside the Neanderthals. I read it as a stand alone novel. (I will now go back and read the earlier books!) but I never felt lost in the series. The Neanderthals, known as the People, are dying out and Elder Woman, the cagey leader of her clan is determined to see to the survival of her family. To do this, she kidnaps Leaf and his daughter Wren, members of the Wind Clan, and a separate race, known as Them. Elder Woman hopes they will mate with her children and grandchildren and propagate a new generation. Raven tracks the pair back to the clan's cave and struggles to free her child and mate even as she reunites with Elder Woman's son Chukar.
The History: Little is known about the cultural lives of our prehistoric ancestors. When did they achieve true speech, when did religion arise and in what form, what was the nature of their relationships? This void gives authors, a blank canvas on which to create the world of prehistoric peoples almost from scratch. Jean M. Auel's 1984, Clan of the Cave Bear, is one of the most celebrated books in this genre. That being said, fans of Ms. Auel will be delighted with the world and characters created by Harper Swan. She paints a vivid, realistic picture of the lives of these people. I felt like I was squatting in front of the hearth fire alongside Raven eating raw liver.
The author does a great job of creating language, cultural norms and religion for her characters as well a differentiating the abilities between the two early hominid species. I appreciated that Swan created strong women in Raven and Elder Woman, both take charge women who lead their clans with their intellect and their nurturing natures.
The Writing: Harper's writing is clean and crisp and very well edited. The pace clips along and there are no slow bits. I was never tempted to skip ahead. I was happy to see that the dialogue is written in modern English with no manufactured words or stilted grammar meant convey an archaic language.
Overall: I really enjoyed diving into the prehistoric world of Raven and Leaf. I read Auel's books back in the day and was a huge fan. I found this book equally enjoyable.
Recommendation: I would highly recommend The Braided Stream to fans of Jean Auel, you're sure to enjoy it. Anyone who is curious about prehistoric peoples and how they may have lived. There is a fair amount of 'conjugal relations' in the book, but it is not graphic and in keeping with the rest of the book.
Rating: I give this book 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
December 27, 2019
The Braided Stream is a prehistoric romance novel based on recent revelations that Neanderthals intermated with ancient Homo sapiens . The Braided Stream is part four in the The Replacement Chronicles by Harper Swan.
Raven is worried when her mate, Leaf, and her oldest daughter, Wren, do not return from a fish gathering expedition. She and two members of her tribe set out to search for them. Raven’s two companions are killed just before she finds the tribe who has kidnapped Leaf and Wren. The tribe is familiar to Raven because it is the Neanderthal tribe of Wren’s biological father. She finds that the tribe is threatened by extinction due to a strange fever which has decimated their numbers. This leads Raven to develop a scheme that will save her own tribe as well as that of the Neanderthals.
I should have read the first three instalments I suppose. I was disappointed in this book because I didn’t learn much about the culture or the behaviour of the Neanderthals. I found the book was more of a romance novel where Raven struggles with her feelings for her mate Leaf and those for Wren’s biological father.
With the exception of the matriarch of the Neanderthals the character development was fairly shallow, probably because much of the background was contained in the first three parts.
The development of language and misinterpretations between the two tribes was interesting but only played a small part in this novel.
I recommend that the reader starts at part one of this series but I cannot vouch for what I haven’t read. If one is going to read part four only you must be a fan of romance novels and the drama therein. I give it a 3 on 5. I want to thank BookSirens for providing me with a digital copy of this novel in exchange for a fair review.
Raven is worried when her mate, Leaf, and her oldest daughter, Wren, do not return from a fish gathering expedition. She and two members of her tribe set out to search for them. Raven’s two companions are killed just before she finds the tribe who has kidnapped Leaf and Wren. The tribe is familiar to Raven because it is the Neanderthal tribe of Wren’s biological father. She finds that the tribe is threatened by extinction due to a strange fever which has decimated their numbers. This leads Raven to develop a scheme that will save her own tribe as well as that of the Neanderthals.
I should have read the first three instalments I suppose. I was disappointed in this book because I didn’t learn much about the culture or the behaviour of the Neanderthals. I found the book was more of a romance novel where Raven struggles with her feelings for her mate Leaf and those for Wren’s biological father.
With the exception of the matriarch of the Neanderthals the character development was fairly shallow, probably because much of the background was contained in the first three parts.
The development of language and misinterpretations between the two tribes was interesting but only played a small part in this novel.
I recommend that the reader starts at part one of this series but I cannot vouch for what I haven’t read. If one is going to read part four only you must be a fan of romance novels and the drama therein. I give it a 3 on 5. I want to thank BookSirens for providing me with a digital copy of this novel in exchange for a fair review.
October 26, 2019
Captured By Neanderthals👺🔪
Early Human👫 Adventure and ADULT Romance💕
Raven💃 is the human medicine woman for her combined tribe. She has several children with her mate, Leaf🐺🔪.
When Leaf🐺🔪 and her eldest child, Wren👩, sired by a Neanderthal man👺, don't return from checking the tribes 🐟fish traps, she gets a bad omen and a bad feeling.
The next day Raven💃 and two trackers find where Leaf🐺🔪 and Wren👩 have been abducted by big footed men. Neanderthals👹! Wren's grandmother, Elder Woman👺, has had the two kidnapped and brought to the Neanderthal cave because she wants the 👧girl to mate her full Neanderthal👺 grandson. But what does Elder Woman👺 want with Leaf🐺🔪?
Raven💃 is afraid to tell her tribesmen that Wren👩 is half Neanderthal👺 because they all believe the Neanderthals👺 are ghosts, an extinct race from the past. Her tribe is quite superstitious, as were all early peoples.
Raven💃 must find Leaf🐺🔪 and Wren👩!
ARC Received from Book Sirens📚💃
I also got the book with KU.
The author assumes that early humans and Neanderthals interbred, which has been proven with DNA evidence in the last ten years! I don't know that Neanderthal people were as intelligent and crafty as Elder Woman👺 is made out to be, but they did have rudimentary language. There is very little dialogue in this ADULT book. It's mostly prose.
Early Human👫 Adventure and ADULT Romance💕
Raven💃 is the human medicine woman for her combined tribe. She has several children with her mate, Leaf🐺🔪.
When Leaf🐺🔪 and her eldest child, Wren👩, sired by a Neanderthal man👺, don't return from checking the tribes 🐟fish traps, she gets a bad omen and a bad feeling.
The next day Raven💃 and two trackers find where Leaf🐺🔪 and Wren👩 have been abducted by big footed men. Neanderthals👹! Wren's grandmother, Elder Woman👺, has had the two kidnapped and brought to the Neanderthal cave because she wants the 👧girl to mate her full Neanderthal👺 grandson. But what does Elder Woman👺 want with Leaf🐺🔪?
Raven💃 is afraid to tell her tribesmen that Wren👩 is half Neanderthal👺 because they all believe the Neanderthals👺 are ghosts, an extinct race from the past. Her tribe is quite superstitious, as were all early peoples.
Raven💃 must find Leaf🐺🔪 and Wren👩!
ARC Received from Book Sirens📚💃
I also got the book with KU.
The author assumes that early humans and Neanderthals interbred, which has been proven with DNA evidence in the last ten years! I don't know that Neanderthal people were as intelligent and crafty as Elder Woman👺 is made out to be, but they did have rudimentary language. There is very little dialogue in this ADULT book. It's mostly prose.
February 14, 2020
Well Blended
I enjoyed the way the author inserted a piece of the present with the story of the past. It piques the imagination just as to how we evolved into who we all are today. The characters were well defined and enjoyable to know. Anyone interested I just now we emerged or merged would enjoy the story. Raven was the perfect "Earth-Mother-Leader".
I enjoyed the way the author inserted a piece of the present with the story of the past. It piques the imagination just as to how we evolved into who we all are today. The characters were well defined and enjoyable to know. Anyone interested I just now we emerged or merged would enjoy the story. Raven was the perfect "Earth-Mother-Leader".
January 21, 2020
realistic depiction of Paleolithic life
genetics, morphology. social evolution and of course anthropology are deftly woven into a tale of European early peoples
high school to adult
genetics, morphology. social evolution and of course anthropology are deftly woven into a tale of European early peoples
high school to adult
December 26, 2019
Mary lytle
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical novels with plenty of descriptions of the country and people.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical novels with plenty of descriptions of the country and people.
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