The Burning Song

De: Rowan Ashcroft

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Twenty thousand years ago, survival meant knowing who to trust.
When a cave lion marks Aken with its claws, fever nearly claims him. But worse than the wound is the question it raises: How can his band survive the coming winter when their best hunter can barely lift his arm?
Keth, the aging leader, makes a choice that breaks every rule his people have ever lived by. He sends scouts to the coastal strangers—people his band has feared for generations—to negotiate trade. Food. Alliance. Trust.
As autumn turns to winter, Aken’s fever breaks, but a different kind of fire ignites. He watches Selu, who has sat by his shelter every night, checking his wounds with steady hands. He watches Keth stand firm against doubt, even when it comes from those he respects. He watches a river rescue that binds a coastal hunter to his people in ways no one expected.
And he discovers that survival isn’t about being the strongest. It’s about knowing when to lean on others.
But as winter deepens and spring approaches, something else watches from the ridges. Something that doesn’t want the bands to be united.
THE BURNING SONG is a novel about the winter that changed everything—when a community learned that the only way to survive was to stop surviving alone.
Perfect for readers who love character-driven stories, authentic historical fiction, and narratives that explore what it really means to be human.
Book 1 of The Burning Song series.