For the Good of the Clan

By Miles Archer

Ulat, the best hunter in the village, is dead. Ledeth, the aging shaman, must prepare the body so the victim's spirit may rest. Many of the Clan are lost to the innumerable hazards of their world, but when Ledeth realizes Ulat's death was the deliberate act of another human, he must find the killer - for the good of the Clan.

Five thousand years before Sherlock Holmes or "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," there was crime. And where there is crime, there are those committed to justice.

For, without justice, we are nothing more than clever apes.

A novelette.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Untreed Reads
• Release date: Feb 28, 2012
• ISBN: 9781611872767

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For the Good of the Clan

By Miles Archer

Copyright 2012 by Miles Archer

Cover Copyright 2012 by Dara England and Untreed Reads Publishing

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For the Good of the Clan

By Miles Archer

Ulat crept slowly, so the undergrowth trembled no more than if a cold breeze had touched the leaves. The doe did not sense him. He was downwind, of course.

He drew to within twenty paces, then froze. The doe raised her head for a moment, vaguely sensing her fate, but returned to grazing the fragile spring grass, her last mistake. Ulat softly fitted his spear into the throwing-stick notch, drew his arm back and with a sudden snap launched the spear across the space. It struck hard into the doe’s neck. She leaped and ran a dozen steps, stopped, wobbled her head as though wondering why she was dying, then collapsed.

Ulat was on her almost before she fell. His flint knife plunged into the carotid artery, draining her blood before the heart stopped beating, necessary to preserve the meat. He licked the blood from his hand and sang softly to the doe.

"Thank you, little

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[avoraciousreader · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

While preparing Ulat’s body for burial, Ledeth, the shaman of his clan, discovers evidence that Ulat was not killed by animal or evil spirit, but by a man. For the good of the clan, he must uncover who did this and justice must be dispensed or the clan will be subject to evil spirits.This is an excellent short read! Interesting, well-written and compact this is a short story that combines my love of Jean M. Auel’s Earth’s Children series with Forensic Science. It was like it was written just for me. :)*The publisher provided a copy of this story to me for review. Please see disclaimer page on my blog.