He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revengeĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:01:55 Boxid IA1847611 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza's way of healing, most come to accept her. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly - she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. Auel's magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. And one woman's odyssey, beginning at the dawn of time, will once again capture the imagination of millions. With momentum for these epics at its highest in over a decade, readers will yearn to discover the magic of Ayla's saga, or to refresh their memory of it.

That means that all readers - and all booksellers - can get the novels in their format of choice. Summer delivers trade paperback editions of this contemporary classic, available for the first time ever. The new hardcover, paired with Bantam's spring mass market repackaging and repromotion effort, will ensure that a whole new generation is introduced to this incredible epic. Beginning April 30, 2002, its success will reach all - new heights, with Crown's hardcover publication of the fifth volume in the story, The Shelters of Stone. Twenty years ago The Clan of the Cave Bear became a blockbuster, launching a bestselling saga.

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