Jean M. Auel – författare

Ayla har vuxit upp till en vacker och modig kvinna när hon drivs bort från den neandertalklan som en gång adopterade henne. Utstött och följd av neandertalarnas förbannelser ger hon sig ut på en vandring som tar henne till en dal där stäpphästarna betar. Med en stäpphäst och ett grottlejon som anförvanter stannar Ayla i Hästarnas dal. Hon lär sig eldens hemligheter och naturens nyckfullhet och blir en skicklig jägare och medicinkvinna. Men ensamheten förmörkar hennes liv. Som genom en ödets nyck träffar hon den starke och vackre Jondalar som blir den förste man som väcker hennes vänskap och kärlek.

The triumphant finale in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling reconstruction of pre-historic life, when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.Ayla, Jondalar, and their little daughter, Jonayla are home. Yet 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 spiritual leaders and healers.Once again, Jean M. Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills and appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived thousands of years ago, rendering the terrain, dwelling places, longings, beliefs, creativity and daily lives of Ice Age Europeans as real to the reader as today's news.Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Land of Painted Caves is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual.Praise for Jean M. Auel'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express

The fifth novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling reconstruction of pre-historic life, when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.Ayla and Jondalar have reached home: the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the old stone age settlement in the region known today as south-west France. Ayla has much to learn from the Zelandonii as well as much to teach them. Jondalar's family are initially wary of the beautiful young woman he has brought back, with her strange accent and her tame wolf and horses. She is delighted when she meets Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of her people, a fellow healer with whom she can share her medicinal skills.After the rigours and dangers that have characterised her extraordinary life, Ayla yearns for peace and tranquility; to be Jondalar's mate and to have children. But her unique spiritual gifts cannot be ignored, and even as she gives birth to their eagerly-awaited child, she is coming to accept that she has a greater role to play in the destiny of the Zelandonii.Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Shelters of Stone is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual.Praise for Jean M. Auel'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express

Leave 21st century London and go back to Ice Age Europe. Follow Ayla, a Cro-Magnon child who loses her parents in an earthquake and is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal, the Clan. See how the Clan's wary suspicion is gradually transformed into acceptance of this girl, so different from them, under the guidance of its medicine woman Iza and its wise holy man Creb. Immerse yourself in a world dictated by the demands of survival in a hostile environment, and be swept away in an epic tale of love, identity and struggle.

'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily ExpressThe third novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling epic of life 25,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.Leaving the valley of horses with Jondalar, the handsome man she has nursed back to health and come to love, Ayla embarks on a journey that will lead her to the Mamutoi, the Mammoth Hunters, who are Others like her.As she settles into this new life among a people at first strange and disturbingly different, soon Ayla begins to feel at home, finally leaving her painful memories of the Clan behind and finding female friends. Yet Ayla is also drawn to Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master-carver of ivory.Ayla must choose: remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or follow Jondalar into the unknown . . .Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual.READERS LOVE THE SERIES'Fabulous story telling' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'You just don't want it to end! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The fascinating journey continues' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I just can't get enough of these books' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Jean m Ariel encapsulates this period so emphatically' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The fourth novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling epic of life 25,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.Ayla and Jondalar have left the safety of the lands of the Mammoth Hunters and embarked on a seemingly impossible journey across an entire continent. Their goal is the Cro-Magnon settlement in what is now southern France where Jondalar lived as a young man. Accompanied by the half-tame Wolf, the stallion, Racer, and the mare, Whinney, they are forced to brave both savage enemies and the elemental dangers of weather and terrain in their search for the place that will become Home.Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual.Praise for Jean M. Auel'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express

Set 25,000 years in the past, The Clan of the Cave Bear is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive. 'BEAUTIFUL, EXCITING, IMAGINATIVE' NEW YORK TIMES'MAGIC' TELEGRAPHWhen an earthquake destroys her family's camp, Ayla is left orphaned and alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land, with death all but guaranteed.But then she is found by a woman of the Clan, a people very different from her own. To them, Ayla looks peculiar and ugly - her blonde hair and blue eyes marking her out as one of the Others, who have recently invaded their homeland. Yet Iza, the Clan's medicine woman, cannot leave the child to die.As Ayla learns the ways of the Clan, Iza grows to love her, and the rest of the Clan begins to accept her. Everyone, that is, except Brun, the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader. Where others see similarity, he can only see difference. And as his hatred for the strange girl of the Others deepens, Brun grows more determined to get his revenge . . .MILLIONS OF READERS HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE EARTH'S CHILDREN SERIES:'Riveting from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Absolutely brilliant. Wonderful world-building, fantastic storytelling and utterly compelling . . . can't recommend this book enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book is one of a kind' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Definitely a book to read and read again' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Hooked first time round and rereading the whole series again for the fourth or fifth time' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The second novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling reconstruction of pre-historic life, when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.Forced to leave the Clan and her young son, Ayla sets out alone to travel the frigid steppes until she comes across the valley of horses. Unable to find people like herself, the Cro-Magnons, she settles there and seeks friendship elsewhere. First she adopts a young filly, then a wounded lion cub.But far to the west, two young Cro-Magnon brothers have begun a journey. One of them is Jondalar, whose destiny is bound inextricably with Ayla's.Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Valley of Horses is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual.Praise for Jean M. Auel'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express

"Hästarnas dal" - en fristående fortsättning på succéromanen "Grottbjörnens folk" - utspelar sig under den senaste istiden för drygt 35 000 år sedan. I centrum står cromagnongflickan Ayla. Ayla har drivits bort från den neanderthalklan som adopterade henne när hon som liten skildes från sitt cromagnonfolk efter en jordbävning. Utstött, följd av neanderthalarnas förbannelser, vandrar hon över den ändlösa vindpinade stäppen för att söka efter sitt eget folk. På sin ödsliga vandring kommer hon till en grönskande dal där en hjord stäpphästar betar det böljande gräset. Ayla stannar i denna dal: år av hård kamp för att överleva sjukdom, kyla och anfallande rovdjur. Hon blir allt skickligare som jägare, medicinkvinna och flintknackare - hon uppfinner också metoder som ingen annan människa någonsin använt före henne. Ayla har sällskap av en ung stäpphäst och ett grottlejon, men till slut blir henne ensamheten olidlig. Hon vill vandra vidare, vill återfinna sitt folk, men samtidigt är hon rädd för vad som ska hända när hon möter dem. Den som slutligen bryter hennes isolering blir en man av cromagnonfolket - en av hennes egna. Han blir den förste man som kommer att väcka både hennes vänskap och hennes kärlek. Serien består av böckerna: Grottbjörnens folk - Hästarnas dal - Mammutjägarna - Stäppvandringen - Nionde grottan - De målade grottornas land