I can’t wait to get my hands on Jacqui Murray’s latest hit, Born in a Treacherous Time, now available at Amazon. Here’s a short summary:
Born in the harsh world of East Africa 1.8 million years ago, where hunger, death, and predation are a normal part of daily life, Lucy and her band of early humans struggle to survive. It is a time in history when they are relentlessly annihilated by predators, nature, their own people, and the next iteration of man. To make it worse, Lucy’s band hates her. She is their leader’s new mate and they don’t understand her odd actions, don’t like her strange looks, and don’t trust her past. To survive, she cobbles together an unusual alliance with an orphaned child, a beleaguered protodog who’s lost his pack, and a man who was supposed to be dead.
And here’s what Kirkus Reviews has to say: “Murray weaves a taut, compelling narrative, building her story on timeless human concerns of survival, acceptance, and fear of the unknown.”
It’s a great idea: an historical novel about Lucy, everyone’s great-to-the-Nth-power grandmother. I loved Twenty-Four Days, and plan to bump this to the top of my reading pile.
Thank you so much for hosting me, MC. I love the way you laid it out–crisp and clean. I’m looking forward to chatting with your community.
Jacqui,
My pleasure. Best of luck on what looks like a winner.
Jacqui Murray is an amazing mother, friend, teacher, blogger and then she tops it off as one of my favorite authors!! How ever does she do it?
I think I met MC through you, GP. I just followed him. He has some good material on this blog.
Yes he does!
“How ever does she do it?”
I’m guessing voodoo!
hahaha, you’ve got to tell her that!!
I finished this book two nights ago, Mike. It was great. Jacqui’s world-building is amazing! 🙂 I couldn’t put it down!
Looking forward to reading it myself!
Intriguing idea for historical fiction, humanity’s very deep past.
Robert,
Yes it is!
A very readable book. I loved it!