The Plains of Passage

By: Jean M. Auel

Narrated by: Rowena Cooper

Ayla and Jondalar leave the safety of the lands of the Mammoth Hunters and embark 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 superb stallion, Racer, and the mare, Whinney, they brave both savage enemies and the elemental dangers of weather and terrain in their search for the place that will become Home.

Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual, has become a set text in schools and colleges around the world.

(P)1992 AudioGO Ltd©1990 Jean M. Auel

Critic reviews

Jean Auel has an extraordinary appeal to an enormously wide age group and the latest volume of her pre-historic saga is impossible to put down

The authenticity of background detail, the lilting prose rhythms and the appealing conceptual audacity continue to work their spell

On THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR:
'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative.'

Things are heating up

This series is intense. My favorite book so far. But wow- really got to invest in it time wise. Worth it though.

riveting

I just loved this book. As a herbalist I am fascinated with Aylas knowledge of medicinal and edible plants and thet method of preparation. I wish my geography was better. Loved all aspects of thus book

Defiantly better than the 3rd

An interesting journey with some action, and written with a good flow, tho some repeating in not just the book itself, but also some catching up from the previous books (which is good if there's some time between reading them), but a bit to much if you're binge-reading like I am. Defiantly an improvement from the 3rd. I liked this and bought the 5th book in the series.

The best one in the series after the first

This was definitely the best one in the series after the first. Reading was absolutely fantastic. Story is good and suprising. A refreshing one to listen. Illustrations about inventing new things was great and not forced like for example in the second and third books.