The Inheritors
By William Golding

Hunt, trek, and feast among Neanderthals in this stunning novel byand theand radical Nobel Laureate and author ofand Lord of the Flies, introduced by Ben Okri.This was a different voice; not the voice of the people. It was the voice of other.When spring comes, the people leave their winter cave, foraging for honey, grubs, and the hot richness of a deer's brain. They awaken the fire to heat their naked bodies, lay down their thorn bushes, and share pictures in their minds. But strange things are happening: inexplicable scents and sounds. Imaginable beasts are half-glimpsed in the forest; upright creatures of bone-faces and deerskins. What the people do not know is that their day is already over ...'Extraordinary ... Genius ... Remarkable in the literature of the twentieth century.'and Ben Okri'A stun gun to read ... Truly a masterpiece.'and Monique Roffey'An earthquake in the petrified forests of the English novel.'and Arthur Koestler'Anand astonishing, underrated novel.'and Robert MacFarlane'Beautiful, powerful ... A visionary dream . Shakespearean.'and Ted Hughes'A master fabulist, and a brilliantly creative interpreter of remote history ... An iconoclast.'and John Fowles'A tour de force ... Genius.'and Daily Telegraph'Alarming, eye-opening, desolating, mind-invading and unique.'and New Statesman'I admire Golding pushing beyond his own experiences to explore ancient worlds and altered states of consciousness.'and Rose Tremain