The Reindeer People

The Reindeer People is
the first in a series of reissues of Megan Lindholm's (Robin Hobb)
classic backlist titles. It is set in the harsh wilderness of a
prehistoric North America, and tells the story of a tribe of nomads and
hunters as they try to survive, battling against enemy tribes, marauding
packs of wolves and the very land itself. Living on the outskirts of
the tribe Tillu was happy spending her time tending her strange, slow
dreamy child Kerlew and comunning with the spirits to heal the sick and
bring blessing on new births. However Carp, the Shaman, an ugly wizened
old man whose magic smelled foul to Tillu desired both mother and child.
Tillu knew Carp's magic would steal her son and her soul. Death waited
in the snows of the Tundra, but Tillu knew which she would prefer Gritty
and realistic, it's reminiscent of Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear
but written in the compelling style of the author who produced the
bestselling Assassin's Apprentice.