New Releases by Jean M Auel

A true publishing phenomenon, Jean M. Auel''s prehistoric odyssey is one of the best-loved sagas of our time. Leave 21st century London and go back to Ice Age Europe. Follow Ayla, a Cro-Magnon child who loses her parents in an earthquake and is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal, the Clan. See how the Clan''s wary suspicion is gradually transformed into acceptance of this girl, so different from them, under the guidance of its medicine woman Iza and its wise holy man Creb. Immerse yourself in a world dictated by the demands of survival in a hostile environment, and be swept away in an epic tale of love, identity and struggle. All six parts of the legendary Earth''s Children® series are brought together in this eBook omnibus THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR THE VALLEY OF HORSES THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE THE SHELTERS OF STONE THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES Jean Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills and appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived thousands of years ago, rendering the terrain, dwelling places, longings, beliefs, creativity and daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as today''s news. ''Among modern epic spinners, Auel has few peers.'' - Kirkus Reviews

A literary phenomenon, Jean M. Auel’s prehistoric odyssey is one of the best-loved sagas of our time. Employing meticulous research and the consummate artistry of a master storyteller, Auel paints a vivid panorama of the dawn of modern humans. Through Ayla, an orphaned girl who grows into a beautiful and courageous young woman, we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world, home to the Clan of the Cave Bear. Now, for the first time, all six novels in the Earth’s Children® series are available in one convenient eBook bundle: THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR THE VALLEY OF HORSES THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE THE SHELTERS OF STONE THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES A natural disaster leaves a young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly—she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza’s way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become the Clan’s next leader sees Ayla’s differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge. Praise for the Earth’s Children® series “Auel is a highly imaginative writer. She humanizes prehistory and gives it immediacy and clarity.”—The New York Times Book Review “Storytelling in the grand tradition . . . From the violent panorama of spring on the steppes to musicians jamming on a mammoth-bone marimba, Auel’s books are a stunning example of world building. They join the short list of books, like James Clavell’s Shogun and Frank Herbert’s Dune, that depict exotic societies so vividly that readers almost regard them as ‘survival manuals.’ ”—Vogue “Jean Auel has established herself as one of our premier storytellers. . . . Her narrative skill is supreme.”—Chicago Tribune “Pure entertainment at its sublime, wholly exhilarating best.”—Los Angeles Times “Readers who fell in love with little Ayla will no doubt revel in her prehistoric womanhood.”—People “Lively and interesting, enhanced greatly by the vividly colored backdrop of early humanity . . . Auel is a prodigious researcher.”—The Washington Post Book World “Among modern epic spinners, Auel has few peers. . . . She deftly creates a whole world, giving a sense of the origins of class, ethnic, and cultural differences that alternately divide and fascinate us today.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The highly anticipated sixth book of Jean Auel''s Earth''s Children® series, The Land of Painted Caves, is the culmination fans have been waiting for. Continuing the story of Ayla and Jondalar, Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills and appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived more than 25,000 years ago. The Land of Painted Caves is an exquisite achievement by one of the world''s most beloved authors.

This enhanced eBook includes: • Eight never-before-seen video interviews with Jean M. Auel where she discusses The Clan of the Cave Bear and the Earth’s Children® series: “You Must Be Able to Change in Order to Survive,” “Jondalar and Ayla,” “On Language," “Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals: The Crossbreeding Question,” “On Research (and Glaciers),” “The Domestication of Horses and Wolves,” “The Painted Caves,” and “What Is It Like Finishing a Series?” • An excerpt from The Land of Painted Caves • An Earth’s Children® series sampler • A text Q&A with Jean M. Auel • The full text of the novel This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly—she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza’s way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge.

This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel''s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the one who called themselves the Clan of the Caved bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, ble-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly -she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die anf takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the ols Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the way of the Clan and Iza''s way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal ans proud youth who is destined to become their leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge. (Source : 4ème de couverture).

This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly—she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza’s way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An Earth’s Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in Jean M. Auel’s bestselling series • A Q&A with the author about the Earth’s Children® series

Ayla, the heroine first introduced in The Clan of the Cave Bear, is known and loved by millions of readers. Now, in The Plains of Passage, Ayla’s story continues. Ayla and Jondalar set out on horseback across the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe. To the hunter-gatherers of their world--who have never seen tame animals--Ayla and Jondalar appear enigmatic and frightening. The mystery surrounding the woman, who speaks with a strange accent and talks to animals with their own sounds, is heightened by her uncanny control of a large, powerful wolf. The tall, yellow-haired man who rides by her side is also held in awe, not only for the magnificent stallion he commands, but also for his skill as a crafter of stone tools, and for the new weapon he devises, the spear-thrower. In the course of their cross-continental odyssey, Ayla and Jondalar encounter both savage enemies and brave friends. Together they learn that the vast and unknown world can be difficult and treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful and enlightening as well. All the pain and pleasure bring them closer to their ultimate destination, for the orphaned Ayla and the wandering Jondalar must reach that place on earth they can call home. As sweeping and spectacular as the land she creates, Jean M. Auel’s The Plains of Passage is an astonishing novel of discovery, danger, and love, a triumph for one of the world’s most original and popular authors. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An Earth’s Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in Jean M. Auel’s bestselling series • A Q&A with the author about the Earth’s Children® series

Set in the challenging terrain of Ice Age Europe that millions of Jean Auel’s readers have come to treasure, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic novel of love, knowledge, jealousy, and hard choices—a novel certain to garner Jean Auel even greater acclaim as a master storyteller of the dawn of humanity. Ayla, the independent heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses, sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed. With her is Jondalar, the tall, handsome, yellow-haired man she nursed back to health and came to love. Together they meet the Mamutoi—the Mammoth Hunters—people like Ayla. But to Ayla, who was raised by the Clan of the Cave Bear, they are “the Others.” She approaches them with mixed feelings of fear and curiosity. Talut, a powerful bear of a man with bright red hair, a booming laugh, and a gentle heart, and his tall, dark-haired sister, Tulie, are the leaders of the Lion Camp of the Mamutoi. It is here that Ayla finds her first women friends, but some among the Mamutoi dislike Ayla because she was raised by “flatheads,” their name for the people of the Clan. Ayla is haunted by her memories of the Clan because Rydag, a child of mixed parentage living with the Mamutoi, bears so strong a resemblance to her own son, Durc. It is the Mamutoi master carver of ivory—dark-skinned Ranec, flirtatious, artistic, magnetic—who fascinates Ayla. She finds herself drawn to him. Because of her uncanny control over animals, her healing skills, and the magic firestone she discovered, Ayla is adopted into the Mammoth Hearth by Mamut, the ancient shaman of the Great Earth Mother. Ayla finds herself torn between her strong feelings for Ranec and her powerful love for the wildly jealous and unsure Jondalar. It is not until after the great mammoth hunt, when Ayla’s life is threatened, that a fateful decision is made. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An Earth’s Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in Jean M. Auel’s bestselling series • A Q&A with the author about the Earth’s Children® series

The Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends, Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, complete their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalar’s people: the Zelandonii. The people of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii fascinate Ayla. Their clothes, customs, artifacts, even their homes—formed in great cliffs of vertical limestone—are a source of wonder to her. And in the woman Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of the Ninth Cave (and the one who initiated Jondalar into the Gift of Pleasure), she meets a fellow healer with whom to share her knowledge and skills. But as Ayla and Jondalar prepare for the formal mating at the Summer Meeting, there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming. Some fear Ayla’s unfamiliar ways and abhor her relationship with those they call flatheads and she calls Clan. Some even oppose her mating with Jondalar, and make their displeasure known. Ayla has to call on all her skills, intelligence, knowledge, and instincts to find her way in this complicated society, to prepare for the birth of her child, and to decide whether she will accept new challenges and play a significant role in the destiny of the Zelandonii. Jean Auel is at her very best in this superbly textured creation of a prehistoric society. The Shelters of Stone is a sweeping story of love and danger, with all the wonderful detail—based on meticulous research— that makes her novels unique. It is a triumphant continuation of the Earth’s Children® saga that began with The Clan of the Cave Bear. And it includes an amazing rhythmic poem that describes the birth of Earth’s Children and plays its own role in the narrative of The Shelters of Stone. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An Earth’s Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in Jean M. Auel’s bestselling series • A Q&A with the author about the Earth’s Children® series

This odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman. Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself. Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting. She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship. One winter extends to more; she discovers a way to make fire more quickly and a wounded cave lion cub joins her unusual family, but her beloved animals don’t fulfill her restless need for human companionship. Then she hears the sound of a man screaming in pain. She saves tall, handsome Jondalar, who brings her a language to speak and an awakening of love and desire, but Ayla is torn between her fear of leaving her valley and her hope of living with her own kind. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An Earth’s Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in Jean M. Auel’s bestselling series • A Q&A with the author about the Earth’s Children® series

The Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends, Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, complete their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalar’s people: the Zelandonii. The people of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii fascinate Ayla. Their clothes, customs, artifacts, even their homes—formed in great cliffs of vertical limestone—are a source of wonder to her. And in the woman Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of the Ninth Cave (and the one who initiated Jondalar into the Gift of Pleasure), she meets a fellow healer with whom to share her knowledge and skills. But as Ayla and Jondalar prepare for the formal mating at the Summer Meeting, there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming. Some fear Ayla’s unfamiliar ways and abhor her relationship with those they call flatheads and she calls Clan. Some even oppose her mating with Jondalar, and make their displeasure known. Ayla has to call on all her skills, intelligence, knowledge, and instincts to find her way in this complicated society, to prepare for the birth of her child, and to decide whether she will accept new challenges and play a significant role in the destiny of the Zelandonii. Jean Auel is at her very best in this superbly textured creation of a prehistoric society. The Shelters of Stone is a sweeping story of love and danger, with all the wonderful detail—based on meticulous research— that makes her novels unique. It is a triumphant continuation of the Earth’s Children® saga that began with The Clan of the Cave Bear. And it includes an amazing rhythmic poem that describes the birth of Earth’s Children and plays its own role in the narrative of The Shelters of Stone.

In The Shelters of Stone, Ayla meets the Zelandonii tribe of Jondalar, the Cro-Magnon hunk she rescued from Baby, her pet lion. Ayla is pregnant. How will Jondalar''s mom react? Or his bitchy jilted fiancée? Ayla wows her future in-laws by striking fire from flint and taming a wild wolf. But most regard her Neanderthal adoptive Clan as subhuman "flatheads." Clan larynxes can''t quite manage language, and Ayla must convince the Zelandonii that Clan sign language isn''t just arm-flapping. Zelandonii and Clan are skirmishing, and those who interbreed are deemed ''abominations.'' What would Jondalar''s tribe think if they knew Ayla had to abandon her half-breed son in Clan country? The plot is slow to unfold, because Auel''s first goal is to pack the tale with period Pleistocene detail, provocative speculation, and bits of romance, sex, tribal politics, soap opera, and homicidal wooly rhino-hunting adventure. It''s an enveloping fact-based fantasy, a genre-crossing time trip to the Ice Age.

Das neue Buch aus der erfolgreichen Vorzeitsaga ''Die Kinder der Erde''! Nach vielen Abenteuern sind Ayla und Jondalar am Ziel ihrer Reise angelangt. Während Jondalar von seinem Stamm freudig begrüsst wird, bringt man Ayla anfangs nur Abneigung und Misstrauen entgegen. Jean M. Auel ist Jahrgang 1936. Nach ihrem Wirtschaftsdiplom sucht sie 1977 eigentlich nach einem gutbezahlten Job im Bankwesen, um ihre Kinder zu ernähren. Parallel dazu beginnt sie einen Roman zu schreiben, und als sie eine Führungsposition angeboten bekommt, ist sie bereits mit Leidenschaft Schriftstellerin. Um weiterschreiben zu können, verzichtet sie auf das sichere Gehalt. Zu Recht, denn ihre Steinzeit-Romane werden zu Knüllern mit Kultcharakter. Jean M. Auel ist fünffache Mutter und vielfache Grossmutter und lebt in Oregon.

La insostenible situación con los cazadores de mamuts, en el tercer libro de la serie, obliga a Ayla y Jondaler a emprender un largo viaje hacia sus lugares de origen. El curso de su aventura a caballo será a través de grandes llanuras batidas por el viento en la Europa de la Era Glacial, entre inhóspitas barreras de glaciares. Recorrerán territorios ocupados por tribus de cazadores-recolectores que, por no conocer la domesticación de animales, ni métodos de curación, les consideraban seres enigmáticos y temibles. En su viaje a través del continente aprenderán que el mundo desconocido puede ser difícil y traicionero, pero también, profundamente bello y aleccionador. Ambos se acercan cada vez más a ese sitio en la tierra al que todos llaman hogar.

Las experiencias de Ayla en los dos primeros libros de esta saga y, sus vivencias con un hombre que llega de una cultura más evolucionada que existe en alguna parte (homosapiens), la han convertido en un personaje excepcional. Conviven ahora con una agrupación humana en la que ya se advierten los perfiles de una sociedad evolucionada: aparecen los poderes político-religiosos, y entre medias está la Mujer que Cura, puesto que viene a ocupar Ayla por méritos propios. Representa así la autoridad científico-moral en una sociedad de cazadores-recolectores cada vez más compleja, donde empiezan a perfilarse conceptos abstractos como el arte, la libertad, la tolerancia, los celos. Cuando parecía que iba a enraizar definitivamente con esta cultura, genuinos representantes de los Otros, el destino cambia de nuevo su rumbo.

This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman. Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself. The short summer gives her little time to look, and when she finds a sheltered valley with a herd of hardy steppe horses, she decides to stay and prepare for the long glacial winter ahead. Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting. She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship. One winter extends to more; she discovers a way to make fire more quickly and a wounded cave lion cub joins her unusual family, but her beloved animals don’t fulfill her restless need for human companionship. Then she hears the sound of a man screaming in pain. She saves tall, handsome Jondalar, who brings her a language to speak and an awakening of love and desire, but Ayla is torn between her fear of leaving her valley and her hope of living with her own kind.

The fifth installment of Auel''s Earth''s Children series, a sweeping story of love and danger with all the wonderful detail based on meticulous research, is available in this Spanish language edition and continues the saga which began with The Clan of the Cave Bear.

Im dritten, mitreißenden Band aus dem Zyklus «Die Kinder der Erde» treffen Ayla und Jondalar auf die Mammutjäger, die wie sie zur Gruppe der Cro-Magnon-Menschen gehören. Sie werden von dem Stamm als vollwertige Mitglieder aufgenommen. Das Schicksal scheint ihnen endlich gewogen, doch Ayla steht plötzlich zwischen zwei Männern ...

Im vierten Band des spannenden Zyklus "Die Kinder der Erde" reitet die schöne und kluge Ayla mit ihrem Gefährten Jondalar durch das Tal des Grossen Mutter Flusses - Jondalars Heimat entgegen. Grosse Gefahren sind zu überwinden. Sie begegnen treuen Freunden und erbitterten Gegnern, doch beiden sind sie an Fähigkeiten und Erfindungsreichtum überlegen. Jean M. Auel ist Jahrgang 1936. Nach ihrem Wirtschaftsdiplom sucht sie 1977 eigentlich nach einem gutbezahlten Job im Bankwesen, um ihre Kinder zu ernähren. Parallel dazu beginnt sie einen Roman zu schreiben, und als sie eine Führungsposition angeboten bekommt, ist sie bereits mit Leidenschaft Schriftstellerin. Um weiterschreiben zu können, verzichtet sie auf das sichere Gehalt. Zu Recht, denn ihre Steinzeit-Romane werden zu Knüllern mit Kultcharakter. Jean M. Auel ist fünffache Mutter und vielfache Grossmutter und lebt in Oregon.

Le long périple d''Ayla et de Jondalar touche à son terme. Après un voyage épique à travers l''Europe, les deux héros de la grande saga " Les enfants de la terre " arrivent à l''emplacement de la Neuvième Caverne, un camp de l''âge de pierre situé dans ce que l''on appellera de nombreux millénaires plus tard le Périgord. C''est là que Jondalar retrouve la tribu qui l''a vu naître, et qui se réjouit de son retour. L''accueil fait à l''étrangère qui l''accompagne est plus mitigé. Cette femme parle avec un accent curieux et, surtout, est suivie par un loup et deux chevaux sur lesquels elle exerce un pouvoir troublant. Mais, si la rescapée du Clan étonne les Zelandonii, ceux-ci la surprennent tout autant par leur faon de vivre dans leurs confortables abris-sous-roche et par la splendeur des peintures dont ils ornent leurs grottes. Alors qu''elle donne naissance à un enfant très attendu, la jeune femme prend conscience du rôle qu''elle est appelée à jouer dans la destinée des Zelandonii... Dans ce cinquième volume de sa somptueuse saga préhistorique, Jean Auel puise de nouveau dans ses connaissances scientifiques pour décrire avec son immense talent de conteuse les débuts de l''agriculture et de la domestication des animaux, ainsi que ce tournant dans l''histoire de l''humanité que représenta la maîtrise de la pensée abstraite, du langage et de l''art.

Passé la surprise et l''émerveillement suscités par Ayla, la jeune étrangère aux cheveux blonds qu''ils ont recueillie, les hommes du " clan de l''ours " ont pris peur de ses dons extraordinaires. Parce qu''elle prétend chasser comme les hommes, parce qu''elle sait rire et pleurer, éprouve des sentiments inconnus d''eux, parce qu''elle voudrait garder son enfant pour elle seule enfin, Ayla sera maudite et exilée. " Pars à la recherche de ton peuple, lui a dit Iza la guérisseuse. Va vers le nord, retrouve ton clan et un compagnon." Un long voyage solitaire commence, au bout duquel Ayla rencontre deux jeunes gens insouciants et aventureux. L''un d''eux est Jondalar. Comme elle, il est blond et ses yeux sont bleus.

Pendant plusieurs saisons, Ayla et son compagnon Jondalar ont tout partagé. Ils ont taillé le silex, entretenu le feu, chassé le renne et le cerf, construit des abris et des bateaux. Ensemble ils ont eu peur et froid, et vécu dans une intimité du corps et de l''esprit qui a fait naître en eux un sentiment troublant et inconnu. Le clan remuant des " chasseurs de mammouths " qui les accueille est stupéfait par ce couple de géants blonds aux yeux bleus qui savent monter à cheval et apprivoiser le loup. Parmi eux, Ranec le sculpteur est ému par Ayla. Le combat immémorial de l''amour et de la jalousie s''est déclenché.

Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race. With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to The Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequel, The Valley of Horses, Jean M. Auel continues the breathtaking epic journey of the woman called Ayla. Riding Whinney with Jondalar, the man she loves, and followed by the mare’s colt, Ayla ventures into the land of the Mamutoi--The Mammoth Hunters. She has finally found the Others she has been seeking. Though Ayla must learn their different customs and language, she is adopted because of her remarkable hunting ability, singular healing skills, and uncanny fire-making technique. Bringing back the single pup of a lone wolf she has killed, Ayla shows the way she tames animals. She finds women friends and painful memories of the Clan she left behind, and meets Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory, whom she cannot refuse--inciting Jondalar to a fierce jealousy that he tries to control by avoiding her. Unfamiliar with the ways of the Others, Ayla misunderstands, and thinking Jondalar no longer loves her, she turns more to Ranec. Throughout the icy winter the tension mounts, but warming weather will bring the great mammoth hunt and the mating rituals of the Summer Meeting, when Ayla must choose to remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or to follow Jondalar on a long journey into an unknown future.

Unabh. Forts. von: Ayla und der Clan des Bären. - Ayla, als Andere vom Clan des Bären (Neandertaler) verstossen, lebt und überlebt allein im Tal der Pferde (Russland); als sie Jondalan, dem Werkzeugmacher, nach dessen abenteuerlicher Fahrt auf dem grossen Fluss Mutter (Donau) begegnet, beginnt die Geschichte unserer Vorfahren vor 30.000 Jahren.