Ratha's Challenge
First edition
AuthorClare Bell
Cover artistGlenn Harrington
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Books of the Named
PublisherMargaret K. McElderry
Publication date
1994
Pages231
ISBN9780689505867
Preceded byRatha and Thistle-chaser 
Followed byRatha's Courage 

Ratha's Challenge is the fourth book in The Books of the Named series of young adult prehistoric fiction novels by Clare Bell.

As Ratha struggles to reconcile with Thistle-chaser, the daughter she once tried to kill, the Named are locked in another struggle when they confront a strange clan of highly sapient Dinaelurus called the Face-Tail Hunter Tribe (so named for their capability of bringing down mammutids called Face-Tails) who are driven by and completely dependent on the telepathic song of their leader, True-of-voice. When an accident leaves True-of-voice on the brink of death, Ratha must choose whether to destroy or to save the hunters. It is her daughter who has the knowledge to show Ratha the way... if she can listen.


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