Author: Auel, Jean M. (Keywords)

Orphaned by an earthquake at the age of five, Ayla is left without family or people. Until she is adopted by the Clan, a group of Neanderthal. Ayla inspires first surprise, then wariness and finally acceptance by the Clan. She is cared for by its medicine woman Iza and its wise holy man Creb. ...

This novel concludes the story of Ayla, her mate Jondalar, and their little daughter, Jonayla, taking readers on a journey of discovery and adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother and her training to become a Zelandoni - one of the Ninth Cave community's s...

No longer alone, Ayla leaves the Valley of Horses that has become her home. Travelling with her is Jondalar, the handsome young man she has nursed back to health and come to love. Together, they embark on a journey that will lead them to the Mamutoi: the Mammoth Hunters. But as she gradually s...

In this sequel to "The Clan of the Cave Bear", "The Valley of Horses" and "The Mammoth Hunters", Ayla and Jondalar make an epic journey from what is now Russia to what is now France through the landscape of the Ice Age.

Ayla and Jondalar have reached his home at last: the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii. There, his family greet him warmly - but they are initially wary of the beautiful young woman at his side, with her strange accent and her tame wolf and horses. After the rigours and dangers that have characteriz...

Now a beautiful young woman, Ayla leaves the safety of the Clan who raised her and sets out alone on an epic journey of discovery. A hostile land of glacial cold, terrifying beasts and intense loneliness awaits her, and her need for human companionship and love remains unfulfilled. But in the V...