{"product_id":"2940151622158","title":"Daughter of the Red Deer","description":"\"A quick-moving, enchanting tale...an excellent choice for readers who want an exciting epic.\"  --- Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis extraordinary stage set in prehistoric Southern France is rich with the mystery and wonders of Paleolithic times. With stunning imagination, acclaimed author Joan Wolf has recreated the ritual and adventure of a primeval world, as she tells the timeless tale of conflict between two societies, two gods, two sexes, and two people.\u003cbr\u003eIn the mist-shrouded mountains of the Pyrennes during the last great ice age, the magnificent epic of passion and intrigue begins, When tainted spring water fatally poisons the women of the tribe of the Horse, the clan's young men set forth on a raid to kidnap new women from the matriarchal tribe of the Red Deer – a quest that must succeed or their people will die out. They return triumphant, only to find their envious elders enraged by their success, for they had hoped that some would be killed leaving wives for the older men. Thus the stage is set for a tense confrontation between generations. Golden-haired Mar, the leader of the young men, has fallen in love with the beautiful Alin, daughter of the Red Deer priestess and chief, and \"Chosen One\" of the Mother Goddess. But before he can claim his prize, he must overthrow his elder Atlan, the tribal chieftain, who is as brutish and powerful as the giant bison of the plains.\u003cbr\u003eAs the bitter conflict unfolds in the Dordogne Valley, this mesmerizing novel brings to life an epoch lost in time, recreating compelling history as it might have been, portraying passionate men and women who move us with their dreams – never ceasing to remind us of the timeless longings of the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA skillfully woven story of romance, intrigue, and conflict set in prehistoric southern France. When the women of the Tribe of the Horse die from polluted water, the young men kidnap women from the matriarchal Tribe of the Red Deer to keep their clan from extinction. The success of the raid causes dissention in the male ranks of the Tribe of the Horse. Mar, the leader of the younger men, must deal with the tribal conflict, as well as his feelings for Alin, the beautiful daughter of the Red Deer priestess and ''Chosen One'' of the Mother Goddess. Resolution of the conflict between the generations, the sexes, the gods, and Alin and Mar make fascinating reading.  --- Library Journal","brand":"Ten Talents Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069245931760,"sku":"2940151622158","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151622158_p0.jpg?v=1764013263","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151622158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}