The Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends, Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, complete their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalarâs people: the Zelandonii. The people of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii fascinate Ayla. Their clothes, customs, artifacts, even their homesâformed in great cliffs of vertical limestoneâare a source of wonder to her. And in the woman Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of the Ninth Cave
(and the one who initiated Jondalar into the Gift of Pleasure), she meets a fellow healer with whom to share her knowledge and skills.
But as Ayla and Jondalar prepare for the formal mating at the Summer Meeting, there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming. Some fear Aylaâs unfamiliar ways and abhor her relationship with those they call flatheads and she calls Clan. Some even oppose her mating with Jondalar, and make their displeasure known. Ayla has to call on all her skills, intelligence, knowledge, and instincts to find her way in this complicated society, to prepare for the birth of her child, and to decide whether she will accept new challenges and play a significant role in the destiny of the Zelandonii.
Jean Auel is at her very best in this superbly textured creation of a prehistoric society. The Shelters of Stone is a sweeping story of love and danger, with all the wonderful detailâbased on meticulous researchâ that makes her novels unique. It is a triumphant continuation of the Earthâs Children® saga that began with The Clan of the Cave Bear. And it includes an amazing rhythmic poem that describes the birth of Earthâs Children and plays its own role in the narrative of The Shelters of Stone.
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Alternate History
- Science Fiction
Publisher : Crown
Author : Auel, Jean M.
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2002-04-30
Number Of Pages : 768
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0609610597
ISBN-13 : 9780609610596
Item weight : 2.4 lb
Dimensions : 2.4 in x 6.5 in x 9.3 in
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