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* Publishers Weekly *Įnthralling, exciting and impossible to put down. Auel's latest will not only please her legions of fans but will hit the top of the list, pronto. * Daily Express *īursting with hard information about ancient days and awash in steamy sex. Impeccable research makes this much more than a fantasy reconstruction of prehistoric life. * Hello *Īs always, Auel has meticulously researched her prehistoric subject and this latest offering is a triumphant continuation of the saga. Auel has meticulously researched her subject and this latest book should continue the huge success of the series. Jean Auel is as remarkable a figure as J R R Tolkien. course-by-course menus for Upper Paleolithic blow-outs. Jean Auel's greatest achievement is to have created a plausible primeval community where men and women love and sometimes hate, and learn to survive in a harsh environment that demands rules and co-operation. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 9781444713145 Number of pages: 800 Weight: 544 g Dimensions: 198 x 132 x 37 mm MEDIA REVIEWS A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express 'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Shelters of Stone is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual. But her unique spiritual gifts cannot be ignored, and even as she gives birth to their eagerly-awaited child, she is coming to accept that she has a greater role to play in the destiny of the Zelandonii.

She is delighted when she meets Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of her people, a fellow healer with whom she can share her medicinal skills.Īfter the rigours and dangers that have characterised her extraordinary life, Ayla yearns for peace and tranquility to be Jondalar's mate and to have children. Jondalar's family are initially wary of the beautiful young woman he has brought back, with her strange accent and her tame wolf and horses. Auel's internationally bestselling reconstruction of pre-historic life, when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.Īyla and Jondalar have reached home: the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the old stone age settlement in the region known today as south-west France.Īyla has much to learn from the Zelandonii as well as much to teach them.

The fifth novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M.

The shelters of stone by jean m auel