Wolf Brother, hunter gatherer fiction.

[nettles150390]

The chronicles of ancient darkness - Michelle Paver

One of my all time favourite books, It's set 6,000 years ago when most of northern europe was still covered by forests. Hunter gather's still roamed, this is one of the things that got me interested in bushcraft.

so for you interest here is the first half of chapter one, from the audio book of book one Wolf Brother. Read by the amazing Sir Ian McKellen.

[video=youtube;iYwD0dPU_OY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYwD0dPU_OY[/video]

 

[Man of Tanith]

The whole series is a good read

 

[Chris the Cat]

As is her first adult book, set in the Arctic, 'Dark Matter'.

Very un-nerving!!

 

[Man of Tanith]

Oooh aint seen that un...
I'll dig it out then

 

[Eragon21]

I read these a while ago and really enjoyed them, I'll have to look for her new one!!!!

 

[Platypus]

I read the first one, and although I liked it I did find it a bit too simple in places (although I realize that the intended audience is YA).
Are subsequent books in the series the same or does the writing style develop as it progresses?

 

[Man of Tanith]

Its about the same throughout . However for my tendency to read "heavy" books like samuel hearne diaries or last of mohicans then light weight books to give my brain a break they worked well

 

[boatman]

Was very interested in reading these but the blurb mentioned a demon being conjured up which puts me off immediately. Bit of shamanism as in The Gathering Night by Margaret Elphinstone fine but I suspect that living so close to nature and having to observe it so closely people of the Mesolithic would actually have been very rational and well aware of cause and effect.

 

[Man of Tanith]

Boatman?
How come it put you off?

 

[nettles150390]

The whole series is a good read

Hell yeah, "Out cast" is probably my favourite one.

As is her first adult book, set in the Arctic, 'Dark Matter'.

Very un-nerving!!

not seen that yet gunna have to find it. and she wrote another series like the Chronicles of ancient darkness ive got it on my kobo ill have to dig it out and find what it is.

 

[boatman]

Boatman?
How come it put you off?

Just dislike supernatural elements in books unless the story is in the horror type genre. Of course feelings of something supernatural can be atmospheric and affect the actions of characters but to have the author introduce and actual demon simply turns me off.

 

[nettles150390]

Just dislike supernatural elements in books unless the story is in the horror type genre. Of course feelings of something supernatural can be atmospheric and affect the actions of characters but to have the author introduce and actual demon simply turns me off.

Its far from that mate, its not the modern idea of a deamon or anything like that. its from a shamanic aspect. in the book theres this whole stoneage culture Paver created, in it you have clan mages (shamans) who look after the medical and spiritual health of the clan. the spiritual side isnt like modern religeons with over powering stuff, its all living in touch with nature and its kinda rational (if you allow for supestitious belief.)

Trying not to give to much away.

Everything in the world of the series has three souls in their bodies, which are linked together.

Name Soul - This soul is important when discussing illness. It is said that if you are ill, you shouldn't see your name soul in the water (essentially the reflection), or you will lose it and fall in. This soul tells you who you are and is your personality. The loss of the Name Soul after death results in the creation of a ghost, eternally seeking the clan it has lost.

Clan Soul - This soul tells you right from wrong, and helps to express and suppress emotions. If the Clan soul strays away from the Name soul and World soul on the death journey, what is left becomes a demon: raw spirit, with no clan feeling to tame it. They detest all living things, and don't know right from wrong.

World Soul - Each World Soul is a part of the Nanuak, and provides a link to the World Soul of every other living thing.

That is it for the spiritual aspect of the series, everything else you see is basically just shamanic practises and even then theres not really alot of it.

 

[Man of Tanith]

Just dislike supernatural elements in books unless the story is in the horror type genre. Of course feelings of something supernatural can be atmospheric and affect the actions of characters but to have the author introduce and actual demon simply turns me off.

Fair do's
Its kinda crucial to the whole series and ties in well with the plot

 

[nettles150390]

I forgot I posted this, still haven't read those other books, just finished re reading this series recently. Love it.