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Stunningly visual, extraordinarily detailed, powerfully dramatic, here is the first volume of a remarkable new series . . .The First Americans. When humans first walked the world, when nature ruled the earth and sky, a proud tribe is threatened by a series of natural disasters. A bold young hunter named Torka, who lost his wife and child to a killer mammoth, leads the survivors over the glacial tundra on a desperate eastward odyssey to the save their clan. Through attacks of savage animals and encounters with strangers not unlike themselves, they must brave the hardships of a foreign landscape and learn to live in an exotic new world of mystery and danger. Toward the land where the sun rises they must travel.Beyond The Sea Of Ice, toward a new day for their clan—and an awesome future for the American.
This audiobook, the first in a novel-based series called ``The First Americans,'' gives a fictional scenario of the migration of humans from Asia to the New World 30,000-40,000 years ago. Torka, a hunter, loses his band to a rampaging giant mammoth during a hard winter. His grandfather and a young girl are the only survivors. Together they travel east to find a new home. Along the way they break old taboos, tame a wild dog, produce children, invent the atlatl, and more. The story is trite and syrupy. Paul Ukena reads well but, curiously, makes all the bad guys sound Japanese. The musical interludes are irritating in their frequency. Purchase only where the book is popular.-Joanna M. Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island Coll. of Continuing Education Lib., Providence
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Elijah Hodges
reviewed Beyond the Sea of Ice, Vol. 1 on April 17, 2011
Beyond the Sea of Ice, Vol. 1
Beyond the Sea of Ice is the first book in a prehistoric series by William Sarabande. As the first book, it is of course where you should start reading, as it introduces all of the characters.
Lonit, Torka, and Torka's old father (Umak, who is 45 and considered old by the prehistoric standards) are the only survivors of a tribe who encountered an enraged mammoth. Together, they have to survive and seek out a new place to live if they wish to get back on their feet again. But they have a hard road ahead with dangerous people and animals everywhere. Not to mention Torka is grieving his wife and children and looks at Lonit with revulsion now. But Lonit is used to that, because of her strange eyes she's always been considered ugly, she just hopes to be useful so she can continue to travel with the two, as it is her only hope for survival.
I like Lonit. She's a bit moony over Torka and he can be a jerk sometimes, but her heart's in the right place and she's a hard worker. It's hard to realize that in this book she is only in her early teens as she seems so much older. Especially in the second half. And she goes through quite a bit that no young child should have to go through. Torka is a strong, steady, mostly decent man who has a few flaws. But he's loyal to a fault and that speaks in his favor. And Umak, well he's got a bit of an ego and can be superficial, but deep down he too has a good heart. Karana, a little boy they meet in their travels, is probably the most interesting character though because of his backstory and abilities with nature.
This book kind of puts a spin on the prehistoric genre because it deals with a lot of death of tribes instead of having them advancing and discovering things. Sure there are a few inventions thrown into the mix to make life better, but largely, this book is just about survival. And because of the topic of survival, there is a lot of death and violence in this book. And also rape, sex, and other things that tend to bother people when they're reading. So if you can't handle that stuff, stay clear of this book. Really, my only complaint about the book would be the romance between Lonit and Torka. They start out at very opposing odds and then out of nowhere it changes. I kept going back to see if I accidentally missed a few pages (I didn't) but I just couldn't see the chemistry there.
A good series and I'm eager to get a start on the next book. This is definitely one that fans of the Gears or Jean Auel would probably enjoy.
Beyond the Sea of Ice
Copyright 1987
370 pages
Review by M. Reynard 2013
More of my reviews can be found at www.ifithaswords.blogspot.com
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