Series: Book 1 in the Named series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction
Summary
Ratha is a young herder of the Named, a clan of intelligent
prehistoric wild cats who keep deer and horses. The Named fight
for survival against Un-Named cats, enemies who raid clan
herds. Meoran, leader of the Named, claims that the Un-Named
are no more intelligent than herd animals, and Ratha believes
him, until a clash with an Un-Named raider who taunts her in
Named speech forces her to question everything. Then Ratha
tames a power that could upset everything. Threatened by her
discovery, the tyrannical clan leader banishes her from the
clan. Can a young clan herder who doesn't know hunting, use her
new "creature" to survive in exile?