The Reindeer Hunters

This novel is the third in a series. Each book can be read individually, even if you don't own the others, because only the place (the French Pyrenees mountains) and some tribes names really bind the three novels together. The first in the series ("Daughter of The Red Deer") is set several generations before the second book ("The Horsemasters" -- the best out of the three!), and The Reindeer Hunters is set thousands of years after the second book, though still with the same tribes.After reading the first two books in the series, I was a little disappointed by this one. I enjoyed it, but it was far from the epic story and deep characters of The Horsemasters. In The Reindeer Hunters, I found myself shaking my head many times reading about all the things that didn't make any sense, inconsistencies and bad/stupid decisions made by the main characters. A lot of times, I felt like the author was just using the most convenient solution to certain problems the characters faced, regardless of whether or not it made sense at all. I was also confused about the "new way of life" of the Kindred tribes, which seemed different from the first two books (all living together as a single tribe?) -- and for those who had read them, no explanations were given as to those changes.Still, with so few prehistory novels available, this book is a good read, better than others I've read. The descriptions of the beautiful French Pyrenees mountains make you want to be right there with the tribes and horses, enjoying the wilderness.

This is an excellent book for those who want a "light" prehistoric read. Although Wolf lacks detail concerning prehistoric aspects of everyday life, the story is is well written and very entertaining.