ABOUT BOOK

The odyssey of the stone-age People of the Little Hills, led by Bawr, their chief, and his explorer/inventor lieutenant, Grôm, and his brave and beautiful mate, A-ya. Grôm's discovery of volcanic fire leads them to a safer home, temporarily out of reach of the the terrible Bow-leg hordes, where they become The Children of the Shining One. But finally the Bow-legs come, and a fierce war results in the defeat of the Bow-legs, but also A-ya's capture. Aya is rescued, and lives to invent the bow, but the journey of the clan is far from over, and the dangers they must still face are many and great...