Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Statement "[F]irst published in Great Britain in 2001" on copyright page. A very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy in bright jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Transported to Mars as embryos as part of an effort to revive the species, the mammoths were left behind when the failed human colony returns to Earth. With mankind gone, only Icebones, the daughter of Silverhair, has the knowledge to teach her fellow Mammoths how to survive and flourish. Jacket illustration by Peter Barrett.