Download or read book Duncton Wood written by William Horwood and published by . This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the magical, colourful, poignant world of Bracken and Rebecca, Mandrake the tyrant, Boswell the Scribe, Hulver, Comfrey ... and all the other moles of Duncton Wood. Set deep in the English countryside this enchanting story tells of an ancient community losing its soul - but saved by courage and love.
Download or read book Duncton Wood written by William Horwood and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic first novel in the allegorical fantasy series about the romance and adventures of a community of moles is “a breathtaking achievement” (The Washington Post). The moles of Duncton Wood live in the shadow of Mandrake, a cruel tyrant corrupted by absolute power. A solitary young mole, Bracken, leads the fight to free them. Only by putting his trust in the ancient Stone, a forgotten symbol of a great spiritual past, can Bracken find the strength to challenge Mandrake’s darkness. When Bracken falls in love with Rebecca, Mandrake’s daughter, the moles must make life and death choices as their extraordinary search for freedom and truth begins. Together, Bracken and Rebecca will embark on moving journey that will challenge them in ways they could never have imagined. But can they save Duncton before it’s too late? “A passionate, lyrical, appealing tale . . . Consistently absorbing . . . Enchanting.” —Cosmopolitan “A great big mole-epic with a great big theme.” —Daily Mail
Download or read book Duncton Quest written by William Horwood and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 1145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the moles face a devastating threat, a new hero must rise and lead the followers of the Stone in this sequel to the classic fantasy Duncton Wood. When Tryfan, son of Bracken and Rebecca, returns to the sacred Burrows of Uffington, he finds dreadful signs of death and destruction. For out of the chilly North have swarmed the grikes, a fanatical tribe of warrior moles bent on destroying all believers in the powers of the Stone. Tryfan’s duty is clear—to muster and protect the few remaining Stone followers from the evil that seems certain to engulf them. With only a frail and timid mole named Spindle for company, he sets off on an epic journey . . . But can he save his friends?
Download or read book Book of Silence written by William Horwood and published by Fontana Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new group of moles has emerged - evangelists, led by a prophet who threatens the liberal tradition of Stone worship.
Download or read book The Willows at Christmas written by William Horwood and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth enchanting addition to Kenneth Grahame's classic The Wind in the Willows - with the delightful illustrations of Patrick Benson. The twelve days of Christmas are fast approaching and Mole is planning to enjoy every one of them with his River Bank friends. So when the normally cheerful Toad despairs at the arrival of Mrs. Ffleshe, an impossibly rude houseguest who every year sets out to protect Toad from overindulgence, Mole must do something about it. But the plan he hatches with Ratty, Badger, and Otter goes horribly wrong. With the prospect of spending Christmas in jail, Mole will have to work hard if he is to salvage some Christmas spirit for his friends. The Willows at Christmas is the crowning achievement of William Horwood's enchanting sequels to Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. The new story is set just after the original, but before Horwood's critically acclaimed The Willows in Winter. It will give pleasure to the countless readers around the world who have reveled in each new work. Merry Christmas! "Lovers of The Wind in the Willows will feel at home and will laugh a lot with sheer pleasure." - The Times
Download or read book Skallagrigg written by William Horwood and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oaken Throne written by Robin Jarvis and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dark wars between the bats and squirrels has raged for years. The battle of good and evil reaches new heights as Vesper, a young bat, and Ysabelle, the squirrel maiden, desperately try to save their lands from destruction.
Download or read book Duncton Rising written by William Horwood and published by Voyager. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis coming soon.......
Download or read book Duncton Found written by William Horwood and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 1239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moles of Duncton Wood face the ultimate test in the final novel of this classic fantasy trilogy inspired by the splendor of England’s countryside. The ruthless war against the Stone has almost been won by disciples of the Word—only wild Siabod and mysterious Beechenhill still hold out, and everywhere the followers of the Stone go in peril of their lives. Yet in the shadows of Duncton Wood, a new light is shining. For the Stone Mole has come, to revive the moles’ faith in themselves—and in the ancient power of the Stone—to defeat and deny the evil Word. But it is a task that will demand a greater sacrifice than any mole has yet to face . . .
Download or read book Duncton Quest written by William Horwood and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy novel. Sequel to "Duncton wood".
Download or read book Tailchaser s Song written by Tad Williams and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut novel from master storyteller Tad Williams, Tailchaser's Song has surprised and enchanted readers for decades "A fantasy of epic proportions in the vein of Watership Down." —San Diego Union Meet Fritti Tailchaser, a ginger tom cat of rare courage and curiosity, a born survivor in a world of heroes and villains, of powerful feline gods and whiskery legends about those strange furless, erect creatures called M’an. Join Tailchaser on his magical quest to rescue his catfriend Hushpad—a quest that will take him all the way to cat hell and beyond...
Download or read book Outcast of Redwall written by Brian Jacques and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth book in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga - soon to be a major Netflix movie! When ferret Swartt Sixclaw and the badger Sunflash the Mace swear a pledge of death upon each other, it is the beginning of a long and bitter struggle between them. And when the Abbess of Redwall banishes a young creature from the Abbey, the Outcast of Redwall finds himself embroiled in their hostile battle.
Download or read book Dragoncharm written by Graham Edwards and published by HarperPrism. This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An army of Naturals is on the wing against the ancient Fortress of Covamere. The Charmed Dragons--the legendary ones still touched with magic's brightness--are fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of all the charmed world. And Fortune, a half-caste sought by both sides, is forced to choose between his secret origins and his soaring destiny.
Download or read book Marlfox written by Brian Jacques and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eleventh book in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga - soon to be a major Netflix movie! Queen Silth, vixen ruler of Castle Marl, has one mission: to create a rich oasis of beautiful treasures on her island home. And with an army of water rats and the cunning Marlfox offspring with their legendary magical powers at her command, the murderous queen seems destined to succeed.
Download or read book Beasts of New York written by Jon Evans and published by The Porcupine's Quill. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patch knows something is direly wrong when all the squirrels in Central Park wake to find every foodstore stolen -- and, in the middle of winter, that means starvation. Patch's mother is gone without a trace and in her den drifts a musky, unfamiliar scent. Hungry, tired and alone, Patch sets off into the mountains, ' the human lands of New York City, to find food and to uncover what's happening to his family. He finds out too late that a war is brewing beneath his paws. Patch is swept into an deadly battle that unites squirrels, birds, cats and dogs against vicious forces below the ground, rumoured to be led by the mysterious, legendary King Beneath. Gripping and suspenseful, Beasts of New York is a gritty urban fantasy populated by unforgettable characters as vivid and complicated as humans: from mercurial Zelina, the Queen of All Cats, to Snout, a massive and power-hungry rat, to Karmerruk, an arrogant, dangerous hawk. Evans's New York City of wildlife is deeply imagined; the urban landscape wavers between the familiar and the disturbingly bizarre, while Jim Westergard's intricate wood engravings illuminate the settings and many characters. Evans, a master of dark crime thrillers, brings his fast-paced energy to an entirely new world -- one right under our feet.
Download or read book Martin the Warrior written by Brian Jacques and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-09-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captured and enslaved by the corsair stoat Badrang, young mouse warrior Martin vows to end the evil beast's plundering and killing.
Download or read book The Wild Road written by Gabriel King and published by Century. This book was released on 1997 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tag, a naive young cat, is called upon to participate in the greatest adventure in cat history, to save the Queen of Cats from the scheming Alchemist. He is destined to learn of friendship and love, bravery and wisdom, and of the wild roads created by the Great Cats in ancient times.
