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Novels Set in Prehistoric TimesJean Auel was not the first novelist to write about life in prehistoric times, but her bestselling Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequels breathed life into a new genre of fiction. Conflicts between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons or Homo sapiens (our own species) are prominent in many novels set in Europe, while novels set in America feature a wide variety of settings, from the crossing of the Bering Straits during the Ice Age to life in prehistoric Louisiana. Novels are listed alphabetically by author within the following categories: Prehistoric Europe Novels in a series are listed in the order they appear in the series. Prehistoric EuropeJean Auel, The Clan of the Cave Bear, about a Cro-Magnon girl raised by a tribe of Neanderthals; #1 in the Earth's Children series Jean Auel, The Valley of Horses, about a Cro-Magnon girl who leaves the tribe of Neanderthals who raised her; #2 in the Earth's Children series Jean Auel, The Mammoth Hunters, about a Cro-Magnon woman; #3 in the Earth's Children series Jean Auel, The Plains of Passage, about a Cro-Magnon woman; #4 in the Earth's Children series Jean Auel, The Shelters of Stone, about a Cro-Magnon woman; #5 in the Earth's Children series Stephen Baxter, Silverhair (also titled Behemoth and Mammoth), a story about a young female mammoth in prehistoric Siberia and her herd's struggle to survive; #1 in the Behemoth/Mammoth trilogy Stephen Baxter, Longtusk, about a bull mammoth's effort to lead his herd to safety on the Asian continent after human hunters arrive; #2 in the Behemoth/Mammoth trilogy Stephen Baxter, Icebones, about a cow mammoth who awakens from a thousand-year sleep to find her herd may be too weak to survive on its own; #3 in the Behemoth/Mammoth trilogy Bernard Cornwell, Stonehenge, about the building of Stonehenge Jim Crace, The Gift of Stones, about a boy from a Stone Age village who explores the world beyond the village and discovers people who know how to make and use bronze John R. Dann, Song of the Axe, about a pair of warrior-lovers threatened by invaders near the end of an Ice Age John R. Dann, Song of the Earth, about several generations of a family wandering from prehistoric Africa north into the European Continent David Gibbins, Atlantis, about an archaeologist who discovers the ruins of Atlantis under the waters of the Black Sea; present-day setting William Golding, The Inheritors, about conflict between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens; published in 1955 Dorothy Hearst, Promise of the Wolves (2008), about a young wolf and her pack around 12,000 B.C., when the changes began that led to the evolution of the domesticated dog; #1 in the planned Wolf Chronicles series Cecelia Holland, Pillar of the Sky, about the building of Stonehenge Björn Kurtén, Dance of the Tiger, about Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons in Ice Age Scandinavia Björn Kurtén, Singletusk, about Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons in Ice Age Scandinavia Morgan Llywelyn, The Horse Goddess, about a Celtic woman with a special gift for communicating with horses who runs away from her salt mining village (today's Hallstatt, Austria) with a nomadic Scythian chieftain in the eighth century B.C. Morgan Llywelyn, Silverhand, based on ancient Irish creation legends Morgan Llywelyn, Silverlight, based on ancient Irish creation legends; sequel to Silverhand. Morgan Llywelyn, Bard: the Odyssey of the Irish, about a bard in Celtic Iberia (now Spain) who has a vision of leading his people to the land that will become Ireland Mary Mackey, The Year the Horses Came, about a peaceful, goddess-worshipping culture disturbed by nomads on horseback who worship male gods; #1 in the Earthsong trilogy Mary Mackey, The Horses at the Gate, about a priestess of the Dark Mother and her lover struggling to survive when nomads attack their people; #2 in the Earthsong trilogy Mary Mackey, The Fires of Spring, about a warrior woman's efforts to rescue the kidnapped son of her queen; #3 in the Earthsong trilogy Juliene Osborne-McKnight, Song of Ireland, historical fantasy based on the legends of the Celtic migration to Ireland and their conflicts with the original inhabitants William Sarabande, Wolves of the Dawn, set in Britain at the end of the Stone Age Brenda Gates Smith, Secrets of the Ancient Goddess, about a woman in prehistoric Turkey whose tribe turns against her when she refuses to sacrifice her baby Brenda Gates Smith, Goddess of the Mountain Harvest, about two powerful women competing to become high priestess as warlike horsemen threaten their village; sequel to Secrets of the Ancient Goddess Judith Tarr, White Mare's Daughter, about a young priestess in a band of warrior nomads and her journey to a city still ruled by women; #1 in the Epona series Judith Tarr, The Shepherd Kings, about an Egyptian pharaoh who seeks to form an alliance with Crete; #2 in the Epona series. Judith Tarr, Lady of Horses, about the anger of the Horse Goddess when male shamans try to alter history by declaring that a male was the first to ride a horse; #3 in the Epona series Judith Tarr, Daughter of Lir, about a prince and a psychic potter's daughter trying to save their people from an invasion by warlike tribes wielding a new weapon; #4 in the Epona series. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Reindeer Moon, about a community of hunter-gatherers in Ice Age Siberia; #1 in the Reindeer Moon series Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, The Animal Wife, about a community of hunter-gatherers in Ice Age Siberia; #2 in the Reindeer Moon series Harry Turtledove, Beyond the Gap, a fantasy novel about mammoth hunters at the end of the Ice Age Martin Walker, The Caves of Périgord, about an art historian and the owner of a mysterious painting on a slab of rock; set in the present, the World War II period and approximately 15,000 B.C.
Prehistoric North AmericaMargaret Allan, Sister of the Sky, about a girl of the Olmec culture in prehistoric Mexico who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, then trained to become her owner's wife. Amanda Cockrell, Daughter of the Sky, about a North American woman around 3000 B.C. who has the magical ability to draw pictures; #1 in the Deer Dancers series. More info Amanda Cockrell, Wind Caller's Children, about two sisters and their brother around 3000 B.C. who must fend for themselves after their father is blamed for a drought and killed; #2 in the Deer Dancers series. Amanda Cockrell, The Long Walk, about a woman with a small child who discovers she has the ability to draw pictures; #3 in the Deer Dancers series. More info Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Wolf, about the people who crossed the land bridge from Asia to North America and became the first humans to settle the American continent; #1 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Fire, about prehistoric North America; #2 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Earth, about the beginnings of agriculture in North America; #3 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the River, about the Mound Builders of the Mississippi Valley; #4 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Sea, set in North America during the time when the mammoths were disappearing; #5 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Lakes, about Niagara Falls; #6 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Lightning, set in prehistoric North America; #7 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Silence, about the Anasazi people of the American Southwest; #8 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Mist, set in prehistoric North America; #9 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Masks, about the Iroquois people; #10 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Owl, about a young man in prehistoric Louisiana who inherits his dead brother's wives; #11 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Raven, about the Pacific Northwest and what the life of "Kennewick Man" may have been like; #12 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Moon, about the Anasazi of Chaco Canyon; #13 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Nightland, set in prehistoric North America; #14 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, People of the Weeping Eye, about a journey to the head of the Mississippi; #15 in the First North Americans series Kathleen O'Neal Gear, It Sleeps in Me, a tale of the occult about a High Chieftess; #1 in the Black Falcon series Kathleen O'Neal Gear, It Wakes in Me, a tale of the occult about a High Chieftess; #2 in the Black Falcon series Kathleen O'Neal Gear, It Dreams in Me, a tale of the occult about a High Chieftess; #3 in the Black Falcon series
Sue Harrison, My Sister the Moon, about a young Ice Age woman abused by her tribe who struggles for love and her children's future; #2 in the Ivory Carver trilogy. More info Sue Harrison, Brother Wind, about a North American woman during the Ice Age; #3 in the Ivory Carver trilogy. More info Sue Harrison, Song of the River, about a boy in prehistoric Alaska who was abandoned to die at birth and the vengeful woman who finds and raises him; #1 in the Storyteller series. More info Sue Harrison, Cry of the Wind, about a storyteller in prehistoric Alaska, his vengeful mother, and the woman he loves who is married to another man; #2 in the Storyteller series. More info Sue Harrison, Call Down the Stars, about two storytellers in prehistoric Alaska who vie to tell the best story; #3 in the Storyteller series. Ardath Mayhar, People of the Mesa, about a young Anasazi man; #1 in the Mesa series Ardath Mayhar, Island in the Lake, #2 in the Mesa series Ardath Mayhar, Towers of the Earth, #3 in the Mesa series Lynn Armistead McKee, Daughter of the Fifth Moon, about an orphaned girl who lands on a prehistoric Caribbean island and the man who protects her. Charlotte Prentiss, The Island Tribe, about a rebellious chieftain's daughter whose tribe casts her out. Charlotte Prentiss, The Ocean Tribe, a woman and her husband turn away from warfare in an attempt to form a peaceful new tribe. More info Judith Redman Robbins, Coyote Woman, a coming-of-age story about an Anasazi girl in prehistoric Chaco Canyon; #1 in the Anasazi trilogy. More info Judith Redman Robbins, Sun Priestess, about a prehistoric Anasazi woman who returns home to become a priestess; #2 in the Anasazi trilogy. More info Judith Redman Robbins, Moon Fire, about a prehistoric Anasazi woman with a gift for communicating with animals; #3 in the Anasazi trilogy. Patricia Rowe, Keepers of the Misty Time, about a woman in prehistoric America. More info Patricia Rowe, Children of the Dawn, about a woman in prehistoric America; sequel to Keepers of the Misty Time. Sharman Apt Russell, The Last Matriarch, about a prehistoric woman who lived through the disastrous time when the mammoths and other large land animals of North America were wiped out.
William Sarabande, Corridor of Storms, about tribal North Americans during the Ice Age; #2 in the First Americans series (1988) William Sarabande, Forbidden Land, about tribal North Americans during the Ice Age; #3 in the First Americans series (1989) William Sarabande, Walkers of the Wind, about tribal North Americans during the Ice Age; #4 in the First Americans series (1990) William Sarabande, The Sacred Stones, about tribal North Americans during the Ice Age; #5 in the First Americans series (1991) William Sarabande, Thunder in the Sky, about a shaman; #6 in the First Americans series (1992) William Sarabande, The Edge of the World, about a shaman; #7 in the First Americans series (1993) William Sarabande, Shadow of the Watching Star, about a shaman; #8 in the First Americans series (1995) William Sarabande, Face of the Rising Sun, about the end of the Ice Age; #9 in the First Americans series (1996) William Sarabande, Time Beyond Beginning, #10 in the First Americans series (1998) William Sarabande, Spirit Moon, about tribal North Americans during the Ice Age; #11 in the First Americans series (2000)
Linda Shuler, Voice of the Eagle, about a woman of the Anasazi people in the thirteenth century American Southwest; #2 in the She Who Remembers trilogy Linda Shuler, Let the Drum Speak, about a woman of the Anasazi people in the thirteenth century American Southwest; #3 in the She Who Remembers trilogy Penina Keen Spinka, Picture Maker, about a woman in fourteenth century North America who draws pictures that foretell the future, and her migrations northward and across the sea to Greenland Joan Wolf, Daughter of the Red Deer, a romance set in prehistoric Southern France; #1 in a series Joan Wolf, The Horsemasters, a romance set in prehistoric Southern France; #2 in a series Joan Wolf, The Reindeer Hunters, a romance set in prehistoric Southern France; #3 in a series Barbara Wood, Woman of a Thousand Secrets, about a woman of a Pacific island who migrates to the land of the Maya; forthcoming in 2008 Barbara Wood, Daughter of the Sun, a novel about an Anasazi woman potter captured by Toltec raiders, which offers a possible answer to the mystery of why the Anasazi abandoned their city in Chaco Canyon Barbara Wood, Sacred Ground, about an archaeologist who, after an earthquake in California, discovers a cave inhabited 2000 years before, and about the woman whose bones she found in the cave. More info
Mysteries: Prehistoric North AmericaKathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, The Visitant, the boundaries between past and present thin as an archaeologist studies an ancient mass grave; #1 in the Anasazi Mysteries series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, The Summoning God, the boundaries between past and present thin as an archaeologist studies ancient bones; #2 in the Anasazi Mysteries series Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, Bone Walker, a pair of archaeologists are faced with murder, ancient and modern; #3 in the Anasazi Mysteries series
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