Earth's Children: The Valley of Horses - Jean M. Auel

The second novel in Jean M. Auel's magnificent epic of life on the glacial continent of the last Ice Age, when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth. ~ Plot ~ Since being cursed and outcast from her home where she was brought up with a clan of Neanderthals in The Clan of the Cave Bear, the first book in the Earth's Children series, the story of the beautiful and courageous Ayla continues. Ayla sets out alone on a quest to find the Others, people the same as her. But a long and difficult journey awaits her in a land of freezing ice mountains, dangerous landscapes and animals and a silence that only another's ...  Read the complete review

The sequel to "clan of the cavebears" is an interesing book indeed. After reading and loving clan of the cavebears, and getting this book in a buy one get one free offer, i began reading it straight after finishing the other book. *I highly reccommend reading the books in order as it could be confusing and would not be such a good experience* Without giving too much away, the story introduces another character into the wood works, and with the main character Ayla alone, these characters soon meet up. While i do not think this book had the same charm as the first one, I still enjoyed it and am glad i read it, as it lead me on to purchase ...  Read the complete review

Now here's a suprise for you - I've just had a category added! Yes, you did read that right. After asking for this book to be added and receiving a standard reply that nothing was or could ever added ever again (or something along those lines), here we are. There is hope for dooyoo yet... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a review on a favourite book of mine that I had just re-read for the first time in several years - "The Clan of the Cave Bear" by Jean Auel. This book is the first in a series of novels called Earth's Children that have ...  Read the complete review