

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. To the hunter-gatherers of their world-who have never seen tame animals-Ayla and Jondalar appear enigmatic and frightening. Now, in The Plains of Passage, Ayla’s story continues.Īyla and Jondalar set out on horseback across the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe. A Q&A with the author about the Earth’s Children® seriesĪyla, the heroine first introduced in The Clan of the Cave Bear, is known and loved by millions of readers.
An Earth’s Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in Jean M.

Auel’s The Land of Painted Caves, on sale in hardcover March 29, 2011
