Ayla's Year-Long Journey

     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.

THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
THE VALLEY OF HORSES
THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS
THE SHELTERS OF STONE

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