The People Eaters

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The second in the Earth Peoples series, following the widely-acclaimed Moctu and the Mammoth People, a story of love, life, and survival in Ice Age Europe.

The People Eaters continues the saga, starting explosively as four separate tribestwo Neanderthal and two Homo sapiensare in great turmoil. While Moctu, Nuri, and Nindai of the Nerean tribe (Homo sapiens) are visiting their friends and picking up Moctus hybrid baby, Elka, at the Krog (Neanderthal) shelter, the feared, warlike and cannibalistic Shiv (Neanderthals) attack. Over the next long struggle, Moctu, Nuri, and the Nereans all learn much about themselves, their friends, and their enemies.

Reviews

Bockovens achievement is masterfulurgent, timely and fascinating After reading this novel, you may never think the same way about the human species

Joseph Di Prisco, author of The Good Family Fitzgerald and Subway to California, and founding chair of the New Literary Project

Bockoven takes readers to the crossroads of paleo-human evolution here and, in this unique and powerful series, raises the bar for historical fiction.

Andrew Cotto, award-winning author ofPasta Mike and regular contributor to The New York Times

Very rarely does a novelist bother to keep up with the latest scientific research, but Neil Bockoven is an exception who cares as much about telling a good story as a true one about the past.Dr. Pat Shipman, noted anthropologist and author

Neil Bockoven has done it again with The People Eatersa bracing tale of our ancient ancestors. Vivid, smart and surprising.

Mark McDonald, award-winning New York Times foreign correspondent and author of the Iraq war novelOff the X

Every bit as involving and educational as Jean Auels celebrated Clan of the Cave Bear series, and deserves the same degree of acclaim and recognition for its blend of science-based insights and strong characterization and drama.

Diane Donovan, editor ofCalifornia Bookwatch and senior reviewer of Midwest Book Review

Author Bio

Neil Bockoven is an award-winning PhD geologist, journalist and author who earned his doctorate in geoscience from The University of Texas at Austin.

His current interests center on the interaction between Early Modern Humans and Neanderthals during the Paleolithic Age and the amazing related discoveries being made through archaeology and ancient DNA analysis. Neil has been the featured speaker at geological and anthropological societies all over the USA. In addition to his two novels, Moctu and the Mammoth People and The People Eaters, he has also published a related childrens science book titled When We Met Neanderthals.