For Ivan, the adaptation is even more difficult. Eventually she manages to get her own way, and becomes an acclaimed hunter, saving Lheppo’s life and gaining the name Utha (‘Leopard Slayer’) in the process. She wants to hunt, but only men are permitted to hunt, and has a combative relationship with Lheppo, an aggressive young warrior of the clan. Josie, a 21st-century, strong-willed young woman, chafes at the restrictions placed on women in the clan. That’s not to say that their journey is an easy one. The pair are quickly discovered and adopted by the Neanderthals, and they slowly adapt to the harsher environment and lifestyle of these mysterious cousins of our own ancestors, finding companionship and kindred spirits among the clan.
It is on one such trip that bored rich kid Josie and shy outsider Ivan (who is not rich, but won a free trip to the past after writing an essay on the Neanderthals for a competition) find themselves stranded in the past with only a clan of Neanderthals for company.
Inevitably, time-travel tourism springs up as an industry, with wealthy people paying large sums of money for the privilege of journeying to the darker corners of prehistory and observing man’s distant ancestors. In the not-too-distant future, time travel moves from being a theoretical possibility to a reality. I’m not entirely sure what appealed to me about it, and, after this most recent reread, I’m not convinced that it is the strongest in the trilogy (that honour goes to Parkland, in my opinion), but it’s certainly got its fair share of interesting themes and philosophical quandaries. Spoilers follow.įire Dancer was my favourite book in this trilogy, and is the one that I reread the most as a teenager. I turn now to my final review of Victor Kelleher’s work (for now), of Fire Dancer. I spent all of last week suffering the double effects of rather horrendous jet-lag and a dreadful cold, and I felt too weak to be able to blog adequately, so I apologise for stretching this on longer than I should have. Well, Victor Kelleher Week turned into something more like Victor Kelleher Fortnight, unfortunately. Tags: books, childhood, fantasy novels, fire dancer, victor kelleher, victor kelleher week One time JanuPosted by dolorosa12 in books, reviews.
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