The Girl And The Wolf

De: Bill Hounslow

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Set in the waning millennia of the last Ice Age, The Girl and the Wolf is a deeply human story of survival, kinship, and quiet revolution in a prehistoric world of peril and wonder.
Almora, a teenage girl of the Drognai—a semi-nomadic band of Ice Age hunter-gatherers—grows up under the watchful eyes of her clan and the even keener gaze of Sharma, an ageing she-wolf who has been her constant protector since infancy. The bond between girl and wolf is more than affection; it is spiritual, primal, and defining.
As Almora comes of age, she meets Tanu, a young Homo neanderthalensis survivor, orphaned from his own kind. Her friendship with Tanu slowly deepens into something neither tribe nor tradition can easily accept. Through their relationship, the Drognai must confront not just fear of the 'other', but their own fragility in a world where extinction and endurance are daily truths.
Amid hunts, hardship, births, and deaths, Almora finds her strength not in dominance, but in empathy—in her connection to the wolf, to Tanu, and to the land itself. Her journey, shaped by loss and renewal, charts the evolution of one girl into a leader, a mother, and a symbol of change.
The story ends with the birth of Almora’s child and the death of both Shuma her mother and Sharma the wolf with an optimistic note added by Tanu sharing his people’s view of the oneness of nature and how the dead live on in their descendants.
The Girl and the Wolf blends archaeological realism with intimate storytelling. Rich in atmosphere and emotional depth, it will resonate with readers of The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Overstory, or The Wolf Border. It is a novel about love that bridges species, courage that defies culture, and the enduring call of the wild.