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General fiction
Web resources

General fiction

All titles shelved in Fiction collection, except as noted: M=mystery, SF=science fiction.

Aldiss, Brian Wilson: Helliconia Spring

(1982)

SF

Helliconia is emerging from its centuries-long winter. The tribes of the equatorial continent emerge from their hiding places and are again able to dispute possession of the planet with the ferocious phagors. This is the first volume of the Helliconia Trilogy which includes: Helliconia Summer (1983) and Helliconia Winter (1985).
Baxter, Stephen: Silverhair

(1999)

On an isolated Siberian island, a family of mammoths struggles for survival against homo sapiens, the deadliest of foes. This is the first volume of the Mammoth Trilogy which includes: Longtusk (2001) and Icebones (2002).
Cornwell, Bernard: Stonehenge, 2000 B.C. : A Novel

(2000)

Four thousand years ago, a stranger's death at the Old Temple of Ratharryn and his gift of gold precipitates the building of what for centuries to come will be known as one of mankind's most remarkable achievements.
Dann, John R.: Song of the Axe

(2001)

Near the end of the ice age, the warrior Agon and the huntress Eena fall in love and lead their tribe against invaders led by the evil shaman, Ka. Song of the Earth (2005) continues the saga.
Gear, Kathleen O'Neal: Bone Walker : An Anasazi Mystery

(2001)

M

Eight hundred years have passed since the Mogollon holy man was murdered in Flowing Waters Town. The threads of evil spun by Two Hearts are drawn across time to ensnare modern archaeologists Dusty Stewart and Maureen Cole, who must unmask the "Wolf Witch" before he murders again.
Shuler, Linda Lay: She Who Remembers

(1988)

In an America long before Columbus, Kwani is exiled as a witch but eventually finds love with a Toltec magician who introduces her to the Eagle Clan where she gains the title of She Who Remembers.
Spinka, Penina Keen: Picture Maker

(2001)

A saga of adventure and survival, Picture Maker brings the fourteenth century to life from the savage Iroquois Wars that marked a land forever, to the Norse invasions, and through the bloody rise of Christianity. Dream weaver (2003) continues the story.
Wood, Barbara: The Blessing Stone

(2003)

Millions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and shattered, revealing a beautiful blue stone. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain and it formed her destiny as well as the destiny of generations to come. From ancient Israel to Imperial Rome, medieval England to fifteenth-century Germany, the eighteenth-century Caribbean and the nineteenth-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold in this story.

Web resources

The AuelPage: http://www.jeanauel.com/

Everything you ever wanted to know about the author of the Earth's Children series.
The Prehistoric World of Jean Auel's Earth's Children series: http://www.multcolib.org/books/lists/JeanAuelnf.html

A reading list of selected nonfiction titles (developed by Humanities librarians, Multnomah County Library) that can enhance appreciation of the time and setting of Auel's books.