Book 2 of 3 in The Badlands Saga, an adventure story for middle grade readers. Laura, 14, and Mike, 12, have chosen to stay 12,000 years in the past to defend a Stone Age family against two unscrupulous archaeologists who want to retrieve a live specimen. When Mike and the family's teenage boy are captured, Laura must rescue them and make certain that the archaeologists are no longer a threat.
