David Mallegol: 3 books

Twenty-five years after the Smolens drove the Botai from their homeland, Daven comes face to face with Scarman, the warrior who killed both his father and his mother. As a young man, Daven vowed to take back his tribe’s original homeland. Now he is the lead hunter and second-in-command of the Botai,...

The Bronze Horsemen is a fictional novel that describes an actual bronze age group of people called the Botai (Bow-Tie). who dominated the steppes of southern Russia for 600 years. According to "Discover Magazine, Summer/2010 the Botai were very likely the first to capture and domesticate a horse....

Trouble comes to the Botai at the peak of their power. Recent raids on shepherds and travelers have started again in a similar pattern to attacks made by the Smolens villagers years ago. Even worse, the Botai have lost their access to tin, the key ingredient in making bronze. Daven, the Botai...