Description: "When spring comes, the people leave their winter cave, foraging for honey, grubs, and the hot richness of a deer's brain. They awaken the fire to heat their naked bodies, lay down their thorn bushes, and share pictures in their minds. But strange things are happening: inexplicable scents and sounds. Imaginable beasts are half-glimpsed in the forest; upright creatures of bone-faces and deerskins. What the people do not know is that their day is already over"-- Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes: "...absolutely riveting (...) What makes it so particularly effective is the narrator intentionally limiting the knowledge of the reader to the perspective of the Neanderthals themselves.(...) It truly is quite worthwhile."--John E. Riutta, The Well-read Naturalist