Attar of the Ice Valley

In the time of the Ice Age, a teenage Neanderthal boy named Attar must question all the beliefs he was raised with in order to find new hunting grounds and save his starving tribe. His journey tests the limits of his endurance as he braves new lands, tames a feared predator (a wolf-dog), and comes face-to-face with a volcano.

From the author of the best-selling, historical fiction, young adult, action-adventure novel John Treegate’s Musket.

“Tightly woven, presented in deceptively simple, stark tones, (this book) shows a way of life stripped to bare essentials: a full belly, warmth, and a roof to shut out cold, wind and rain. The flab of today’s civilization hides what these things meant to those early cavemen who fought only to survive. The story centers on Attar and his struggle as a boy hardening into a man—the Ice Age, his taming of the wolf as the first dog, the accidental discovery of a spear and bola, the first exposure to ocean tides and a live volcano… The author writes about the dawn of mankind with control so expert that the reader feels himself huddling with Attar’s tribe, fearful of the unknown.”—New York Times