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.
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. 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.
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.
Third in the acclaimed Earth's Children(R) series