Prehistoric farmers inhabit a fertile river valley they believe their gods promised them in return for their good behavior and obedience. Their enemies, hunters roaming the mostly barren hills beyond the mountains enclosing the valley, believe their gods gave it to them.

When the farmers’ king refuses to allow the marriage of the coming-of-age prince to the daughter of the farmer who saved the king’s life in the last war with the hunters, her brother decides he has to help his sister and the prince, his boyhood friend, correct the flagrant injustice.

That decision leads them and their youthful allies into a rebellion against the king and his officials, who rule the kingdom from their bluff-top town. The far more numerous farmers in the villages below, who despise most of the officials but not the king, and who admire the prince, are in a position to determine whether the rebels will succeed or face execution for treason.

Kirkus Discoveries: “Fritsch’s debut novel is [an] adventure in the manner of Jean Auel. . . . [T]he story encourages the reader to ponder the universal elements of the tale. . . . Fritsch . . . grant[s] his characters an easy, unforced humanity that is instantly inviting. His people . . . sound like individuals, and . . . make the story memorable. A strange, primitive world that feels winningly real.”

Promised Valley Rebellion is the winner of the gold award in the Literary Fiction category of the inaugural 2010 eLit Electronic Book Awards.

Promised Valley Rebellion is also the first-place winner in the Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Fiction category in the 2011 National Indie Excellence Awards.

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