NO NIGHT WITHOUT STARS

Another account of simple people coping in a world with only Rememberers to relate sketchy details of the Before Time (before tidal waves and other natural catastrophes destroyed civilization as it once was); in this case it's Sander, a fledgling metalsmith, and Fanyi, a shaman, along with their companions, his a horse-sized coyote and hers two giant otters ("fishers"). Marauders and mutants must be eluded as the two search for a citadel of Before Time Knowledge, each for a personal purpose; when they find it, of course, it's not the fount of wisdom they sought but rather one more evil to overcome before discounting the past and looking forward to a future forged by their own hands. Deja vu.