A young ice age hunter named Jakool is on his first hunt with his tribe is attacked by a clan of bears they call 'Rough Furs'. As a bear is about to attack him a strange creature leaps from hiding and attacks the bear! He swears he hears it yell 'Ruun'! He hides until the attack is over but is unable to find the rest. He decides to follow the strange creature's tracks to see why it saved him. High in the Himalayas he finds a strange cave with an even stranger creature waiting for him! She is both human and snow leopard and tells him that her race has kept itself secret for over a hundred thousand years and any that find out must join their tribe or die! The Author is retired and now has time to pursue his life long love of history, archaeology, anthropology, science fiction and fantasy. He lives with his wife, three adult special needs children and five rescue cats! Our own little snow leopard is pictured here.