Isolated by a changing climate
surrounded by arid wasteland
a band of prehistoric humans faces extinction.
There are too many mouths to feed,
the tribes have grown too big.
They’ve hunted too fiercely and the animals are gone.
The waterholes are dry, the rains don’t come.
Their world has changed – they need a way out.
As the young men of the tribe go in search of a new home, Temfe, the chief’s son, must learn to lead his clansmen, before they betray him.
To survive in a harsh world, surrounded by enemies, he must gather new allies, discover new weapons and learn new ways of seeing the world.
In the African rift valley, 43,000 years BCE, a spark of consciousness flares into life.
The dawn of human culture, the fire that will reshape the world.
Part one of the epic prehistoric adventure that follows the journey of the tribe of the Koriba.
Book 2 – ‘In the Rattle of the Shaman’s Bones‘
Book 3 – ‘The Fire Within’
With many more to come…
But ‘The Dry Lands’ is where the tale begins…
“Not since Jean Auel’s Clan of the Cave Bear has there been a novel set in prehistoric times that does such a good job of bringing this era to life.”
Discover the epic prehistoric adventure that spans the eras – from their world to ours