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.

Det här är den femte delen i Earth’s Children-serien. Jag tycker fortfarande om Ayla men nu märks det att boken är skriven långt efter den fjärde delen. Det är väldigt lite handling också. det känns som ungefär 1/3 består av återblickar från de andra böcker.
Det handlingen flyter inte lika bra som de tidigare delarna.
Jag tyckte om Aylas vänskap med Zelandoni, den andliga ledaren.

Boken fick tre stjärnor på Storygraph, men jag kommer läsa den sista och avslutande delen innan året är slut eftersom den ingår i min Finisg That Series Challenge 2024.

Böckerna är skrivna av Jean M Auel och de heter:

1. The Clan of the Cave Bear
2. Valley of Horses
3. The Mammoth Hunters
4. The Plains of Passage
5. The Shelters of Stone
6. The Land of Painted Caves

Jag läste större delen av boken under Becca and the Books Spookopoly.