{"product_id":"the-game-hunters-anupa-roy-9781911221302","title":"The Game Hunters","description":"\u003cp\u003eA climate crisis in the Ice Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cold snap leads to an unrelenting glacial. For our prehistoric ancestors survival is threatened. Food gets harder to find in the frigid lands of Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the tribes living near the Altai Mountains have found a refuge. A river and a lake allows some plants and trees to survive, herds come to graze - prey to hyenas and wolves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd man!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunting together is tribal law. Shiga, failed his Initiation, ran away from First Hunt. Law-breakers are exiled but Shiga, expert Carver is offered a last chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe will also lose Urm, his childhood hearth-mate to Bruj. Unless he hunts with the tribe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrm is a healer and path-breaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGathering plants in the Growing season gets harder. Urm discovers she can grow plants with warmth and water - in secret. For it's forbidden to tamper with Earth Mother's children. But in that harshening climate Urm foresees starvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe also prays Shiga will hunt big game. Otherwise, she must accept Bruj.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Shiga and Urm forge new ways of living?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA historical novel for young adults \u003cem\u003eThe Game Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e is based on research and findings of Asian prehistoric people in Southern Siberia. Set in the Last Glacial Maxim when human populations struggled to survive; survival was only made possible by cooperation, courage and the forging of new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Game Hunters\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of innovation and acceptance, love and death in Ice Age Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An intriguing account of prehistoric life. Truly stimulating! To hunt or to heal... A must-read to understanding our roots from an eco-critical perspective.\" -- Dr. Ilgım Veryeri Alaca, Professor, Koç University, Istanbul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anupa Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911221302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911221302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balestier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.48d","brand":"Anupa Roy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486279479551,"sku":"9781911221302","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2731afbf-9ef3-424f-9510-a06587e6f422.jpg?v=1778054701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-game-hunters-anupa-roy-9781911221302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}