{"product_id":"the-game-hunters-9781911221302","title":"The Game Hunters","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anupa Roy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Balestier Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Balestier Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - Prehistory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Balestier Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46864652271767,"sku":"9781911221302","price":1420.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781911221302.webp?v=1769975156","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-game-hunters-9781911221302","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}