...the hazardous evolution of mankind continues. And in primeval response to the disaster, humanity's solutions to catastrophe carve the harsh new world in violent patterns of magic and myth, rite and religion. Brave images scar the ancient hills, the clash of swords and the ageless power of sexuality sign-post another, bloodsoaked path to civilization...

Keith Roberts has written a haunting and provocative epic of stunning inaginative power. In The Chalk Giants times to come take on the awesome dimensions of prehistoric myth. In our future lies our past. And in our past, our future...