false 25239154 1263410 40493 0553381660 9780553381665 272 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436628m/40493.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436628s/40493.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40493.The_Valley_of_Horses 3.84 6466 The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman.

Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself. The short summer gives her little time to look, and when she finds a sheltered valley with a herd of hardy steppe horses, she decides to stay and prepare for the long glacial winter ahead. Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting. She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship. One winter extends to more; she discovers a way to make fire more quickly and a wounded cave lion cub joins her unusual family, but her beloved animals don’t fulfill her restless need for human companionship. Then she hears the sound of a man screaming in pain. She saves tall, handsome Jondalar, who brings her a language to speak and an awakening of love and desire, but Ayla is torn between her fear of leaving her valley and her hope of living with her own kind.]]> 861 3.80 39244 2128 1980 4 0 false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 23 14:20:08 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 08 22:33:42 -0700 2009 1
This book has two parallel story lines and I found that I was much more interested in the continuance of Ayla's story as I had already become invested in her t...more...]]>