A STORY FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR TIME A remarkabel woman- a huntress and healer who challenges every rule, but who yearns for acceptance. Ayla lost her own people when she was a child. In the harsh landscape of the Ice Age, where to be alone is the greatest threat, her life has been a fight for survival - and a search for belonging. But Ayla has an overwhelming sense of destiny that pulls against the needs of her heart. She hungers for knowledge and experience of the world. And what she learns will change life forever.