The Spear Thrower

by Pamela Loveridge

Overview

About eighty thousand years ago in eastern Africa, a young native named Nibu witnesses some lions kill his parents while out hunting. It is extraordinary that even after such a horrific event, Nibu is inspired to invent the throwing spear, a weapon that is far superior to the old hand spear.

This proves to be a momentous achievement for modern humans, as it enables man to become the top predator in Africa. This will change our history forever!

After his invention, Nibu adopts the name “The Spear Thrower”, and goes on to become a living legend in Africa.

In this novel we follow his adventures, and those of his grandson, Tubula.

I am aged, but ageless,
I am you, but still me.
I am
The Spear Thrower.
Can you see me?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940153800455
Publisher:	Tellwell Talent
Publication date:	10/23/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Pamela Loveridge is a retired pharmacist who lives in Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.

Her writing history started with the publication of six fairy stories about eight years ago. Some of these were written in 1983-4, when her children were young, but lay hidden away in an exercise book for many years.

Pamela self-published her first novel in 2015 “The Neanderthals-A Story of Courage.” In this book she looks at what happened when modern humans first moved into Europe 41,000 years ago, and came across some Neanderthals, peacefully living in France.

A year later she has released her second novel "The Spear Thrower" which goes back even further in time, and the story is set in Africa some 80,000 years ago. Her interest in this story is trying to work out what happened to make humans more modern. Apart from evolutionary and cultural changes, she comes to the conclusion that the invention of the throwing spear was a key factor. This invention made man the top predator in Africa, and probably helped man conquer earlier arcahic people in Africa, as well as later, the Neanderthals living outside of Africa.

Her third novel, "Robots Rising" was published in 2017 and is set some sixty years in the future. This novel looks at the developments taking place with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and emphasises the potential risks of AI reaching the level of superintelligence. She believes there are important issues for society to plan and think about, especially when AI is applied to robots, which by that later time will probably be stationed throughout the community.

"Tresoriun Time Travel" is her fourth novel, and this is set about twenty-five years in the future. In this novel she explores a unique form of time travel, Tresoriun time travel, where only certain, rare individuals are able to travel through time, and only in their own lifespan. She hypothesises what might happen when a person reaches their new destination in time- can history rearrange itself?

In her fifth novel "Chromosome Six" published in 2021, the author wants to alert readers to be aware of the dangers resulting from genetic experimentation which alters the genome of humans and micro-organisms. Such research can have unpredictable and drastic outcomes, which in certain situations may have lasting consequences for the human race. Society must be vigilant and demand complete transparency as well as strong ethical guidelines regarding all genetic research. Looking at the COVID-19 catastrophe, she observes this seems to be lacking at the moment.

Pamela loves writing poetry and wrote her first poem at the age of 8, which was published in the school magazine. She has also enjoyed writing songs, since her teenage years, composing lyrics simultaneously with the melody. Perhaps one day she may seek to publish her favourites. Whenever Pamela writes something, she just sits down and starts writing, and the story, poem or song just seems to flow from her subconscious mind. She says the ideas just pop into her head, usually quite spontaneously.

The great loves of her life are her two daughters and four granddaughters who all live in Sydney.

Table of Contents

Prologue
The Spear Thrower
Part One: The Early Years
Chapter One: The Lion Attack
Chapter Two: The Genesis
Chapter Three: The Spear Thrower's Return to His Old Village
Chapter Four: The Search for the Spear Thrower
Chapter Five: Crossing the River
Chapter Six: The Village Shaman
Chapter Seven: Nibu's Life Across the River
Chapter Eight: Making a Throwing Spear
Chapter Nine: The Cheetah
Chapter Ten: More Killing

Part Two: Life at Nikuta's Village
Chapter Eleven: I See You, Spear Thrower
Chapter Twelve: Prepare for a Fight
Chapter Thirteen: The Day Arrives
Chapter Fourteen: The New Arrivals
Chapter Fifteen: Problems for the Women
Chapter Sixteen: Married Life
Chapter Seventeen: Meeka's Mourning
Chapter Eighteen: All About Having a Son
Chapter Nineteen: Another Problem

Part Three: Imbalo and Nattu
Chapter Twenty: Early Days of Banishment
Chapter Twenty-One: Life with the Watonda People
Chapter Twenty-Two: An Honour is Bestowed
Chapter Twenty-Three: Imbalo's Struggle for Power
Chapter Twenty-Four: Imbalo Takes Over
Chapter Twenty-Five: Imbalo Has a Dream

Part Four: Back at the Spear Thrower's Birth Village
Chapter Twenty-Six: A Tragic Discovery
Chapter Twenty-Seven: We Must Move Our Village
Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Attack
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Last Attack
Chapter Thirty: Tubula
Chapter Thirty-One: Tubula's Travels
Chapter Thirty-Two: Tubula the Teacher

Bibliography
Poetry
About the Author