Heirs of the Stone Age Series

The signs' quest 1   The waters' fury   Kadmeron, a young hunter-gatherer from Western Europe, prepares for his shamanic initiation. The horse's spirit comes to warn him during his sleep of an imminent catastrophe. The incessant rains that have falling on the Saveronacs people for months have weakened the soil. They have also profoundly changed the behavior of humans and animals. While participating in a deer hunt, Kadmeron finds himself confronted with the destruction of the camp where his tribe has lived for generations. Indeed, Mother Earth has unleashed the waters' fury which destroys everything in its path. Why such an inexplicable anger? Left to himself, Kadmeron must act despite heartbreak and despair. In her village in the Gorge of the Ancestors, far east near the New Sea, Zia follows the learning of any young girl of her own kind. Life unfolds at the rhythm of the seasons, with an apparent calm. Her mother the Matriarch intended her to become a priestess and to ensure, like her, the perpetuation of traditions. But this is not what Zia dreams of for her future. She would prefer to devote herself to raising animals and studying plants. Her grandmother understands her and encourages her to find her way. However, in accordance with maternal will, Zia is finally forced to embark on a dangerous quest at the source of the Great Mother River. Kadmeron and Zia don't know each other yet, but each faces a turbulent fate. Will they be able to overcome the immense obstacles which stand in their way and which threatened pre-Neolithic humanity with extinction? Will their paths cross one day?   Heirs of the Stone Age – a series that explores the challenges of the Mesolithic period   More than six millennia before our era, Mesolithic Europe was shaken by climatic cataclysms. Torrential rains fall on the world, the Mediterranean Sea invades the coasts. The waters of the Atlantic Ocean rise several meters because of the massive melting of polar glaciers, destroying villages and driving terrified populations away. Although the eastern part of the continent seems less affected, the Black Sea continues to fill up and gain ground on the coast. It is the beginning of a period of forced migration that places humanity in a terrible situation. Paradoxically poorly documented and controversial, this little-known era of our prehistory opens up the prospects for the fabulous revolution in agriculture and the profound changes that will follow in human societies during the Neolithic era. And in truth, the extraordinary climatic, sociological and cultural constraints will force our ancestors to take drastic and courageous measures. Deeply … human. A message from the past for the profound changes taking place today and which force us to react?   Questions of a disturbing actuality   How were our ancestors organized to deal with the waters' fury and global warming? With what technologies did they manage to survive? What alliances did they have to forge in order to overcome these terrible catastrophes? What beliefs did they use to give them the inspiration, the strength and the motivation to continue to fight and pass on their experience to future generations? These are the questions the « Heirs of the Stone Age » humbly attempt to answer. This fiction series is based on certain archaeological discoveries uncovered in Eurasia and, of course, on the assumptions and imagination of its authors. We hope that the adventures of our heroes and heroines from a distant past will help you reflect on the unprecedented challenges facing the people of this wonderful biosphere we share today. We, who are their heirs.

Untouched for thousands of years, Australia continues to host some of the oldest and most captivating cultures on our planet to this very day: those of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. By the close of the 18th century and within a mere few decades, colonization abruptly terminates a way of life as ancient as the world itself, rupturing traditions and propelling entire communities into warfare, decline, and hopelessness. However, to the south of the expansive Australian continent, a vast and isolated island endures an even more dreadful fate: the utter vanishing of its original nation.   Tasmania serves as the stunning setting for the prehistoric series « The Forgotten Island Clan, » which envisions the foundation and endurance of a fictional clan across countless millennia, spanning both before and after the island's separation from the mainland. In the wake of climatic and ethnic changes, each book offers a chance to reveal the customs, beliefs, and wisdom of the Aboriginal people through the adventures of clan members who face new challenges. Indeed, the Traditional Owners of the ancestral lands of the southern island of Trowenna have cultivated rituals, artifacts, and an exceptionally rich culture over the ages. We are just starting to catch a glimpse of the complexity and mystery that it holds.   How did the women and men of the past imagine the creation of the world and manage to preserve their ancestral customs? What techniques did they develop to sustain their livelihoods away from 'civilization'? What can we learn from this incredible legacy that modern-day Australians are rediscovering and celebrating? These are just a few of the questions that the series 'The Forgotten Island Clan' aims to address with plausible answers, backed by the research and imagination of the authors.