Vision of the Hunter

by John Tempest

Book Overview

Since time began, the lives of the Burnt Shin tribe have revolved around the migrating herds, on which they depend for food, clothing and tools. But now the herds are beginning to dwindle. Only Finn,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060156848
• ISBN13: 9780060156848
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

realistic tale

Vision of the hunter is a good book. On the cover it's compared to the books Jean M Auel writes. And it's true it's a lot like Clan of the Cave Bear: a child from another tribe is taken in, although they don't really know what to do with him. The rest of the story is different: where Ayla was raised as one of there own, Finn is not wanted by anyone, grows up with the scraps they give him. But it's a realistic story. I'm an archaelologist, so I've got the right background to judge it, though I'm nog a prehistoric archaeologist. The story was believable and gripping, I wanted to finnish it in one go !

Fresh, a good yarn, a better read over "Shelters of Stone"

I found this book in high school and found it to be surprisinglyoriginal. Among the tribe of the Burnt Shins(it did sound silly for a while) is a youth from an interloper tribe named Finn with a tattoo of a leaping salmon. He was taken into the tribe by the leader but has to live a life of scavenging, of never really belonging anywhere until Hann's son dies.I enjoyed this tale very much, I wish Mr. Tempest would write another book, his style is very nice and engrossing.