The Valley of Horses: 2 (Earth's Children) - Softcover

Auel, Jean M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553250531 ISBN 13: 9780553250534

Publisher: Bantam, 1996

Synopsis

Here is an unforgettable odyssey into a world of awesome mysteries, into a distant past made vividly real, a novel that carries us back to the exotic, primeval world we experienced in "The Clan Of The Cave Bear" -- and to beautiful Ayla, the bold woman who captivates us with her fierce courage and questing heart. Cruelly cast out by the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla now travels alone in a land of glacial cold and terrifying beasts. She is searching for the Others, a race as tall, blond, and blue-eyed as she. But Ayla finds only a hidden valley, where a herd of hardy steppe horses roams. Here, she is granted a unique kinship with animals, enabling her to learn the secrets of fire and raw survival -- but still, her need for human companionship and love remains unfulfilled. then fate brings her a stranger, handsome Jondolar, and Ayla is torn between fear and hope -- and carried to an awakening of desire that would shape the future of mankind.

"Shiningly intense... Sheer storytelling skill holds the reader in a powerful spell." -- "Publishers Weekly"

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Review:

"Shiningly intense... Sheer storytelling skill holds the reader in a powerful spell." -- Publishers Weekly

Book Description:

Second novel in Jean M Auel's magnificent epic of life 35,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0553250531
• ISBN 13: 9780553250534
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 592