Duncton Wood

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If you loved the theatrical dramatization of Lord of the Rings, this book will pull you through a similar emotional rollercoaster. Bindle, his good friend, still holds faith to the old ways, and with his and Hulver's help, they celebrate the long lost rites of the Stone, with Bracken, Hulver's apprentice, hidden away. Two years after the publication of Duncton Found, Horwood wrote another sequel, entitled Duncton Tales, set around a century after the original books. If you read it from the wrong mindset or point of view, I can see how it might not work as well, but for anyone who still holds out hope for a whimsical, powerful, unquenchable love, this book connects to your inner-most longings and brings them powerfully to life.

The other focus of the Duncton series is the Stone, a religion based on the standing stones and stone circles of Britain.

For the strong of heart and emotion, Horwood takes a look at the human world, the world of online gaming, of programming and cerebal palsy.

Love, laughter, trauma, death, betrayal, redemption, and faith crafted so lovingly into the tale that they are at once jarring and enriching one you step back and equivocation mole to humanity. Never have I been more at awe with the natural beauty of a country, not to mention the history and the wonderful and kind people I met wherever we visited.

The Moledom "World" is described with enough clarity to involve the reader - but not so much that it detracts from the story. My heart went out to each and everyone of them as I was there with them at their passing into the silence. Whenever this awful situation has subsided and if we ever get back to some semblance of normal and travel is once again allowed, I know exactly where I want to re-visit. Meanwhile, Bracken recovers from his wounds and eventually finds a mate in Rue, with whom he has pups with. I suppose perhaps if it were more highly developed he could never have written the book he did, but his sense of the dramatic is a little strong for my taste.