Kim Stanley Robinson is a winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. He is the author of over twenty previous books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the highly acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain. He lives in Davis, California.
Vivid and beautiful . . . Astonishing - Guardian An amazing piece of recreation, vividly evoking the deprivations, animalistic beliefs and day-to-day struggles of a primitive tribe - Financial Times Low-tech lives and Ice Age conditions are all superbly evoked - Daily Mail Robinson's prose is rich and detailed . . . Superb - SFX An intelligent, and at times mesmerising novel - Irish Examiner