Paperback
(HMH Books for Young Readers, May 1, 2000)
From the author of the Darkangel Trilogy comes an epic romance, in the tradition of The Clan of the Cave Bear, about a young woman's love for a coldhearted shape-shifter.
Caribou, the wisewoman of the north, attempts to lead her people across the Burning Plain with her companion Reindeer, a "trangl" who can appear as either stag or human and who knows the only way to safety
When her sister-in-law brings her a strange golden baby to care for, a young girl, living in the cold lands far to the north, is unaware that this unusual child will help her fulfill her destiny as leader of her people.
When her sister-in-law brings her a strange golden baby to care for, a young girl, living in the cold lands far to the north, is unaware that this unusual child will help her fulfill her destiny as leader of her people.