Lavondyss
Also titled Lavondyss: Journey to an Unknown Region.
British Science Fiction Association Award 1989.
THE HAUNTING SEQUEL TO THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD-WINNING MYTHAGO WOOD
At the heart of the wildwood lies a place of mystery and legend, from which few return and none emerge unchanged: Lavondyss... the ultimate realm, the source of all myths.
When Harry Keeton disappeared into Ryhope Wood, his sister Tallis was just an infant. Now, thirteen years old, she hears him whispering to her from the Otherworld. He is in danger. He needs her help. Using masks, magic and clues left by her grandfather, she finds a way to enter the primitive forest and begin her search. Eventually she comes to Lavondyss itself, a realm both beautiful and deadly, a place in which she is changed forever...
Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood won the World Fantasy Award and is among the most praised post-war novels of the fantastical. In this haunting sequel, Lavondyss, we are returned to the Wildwood and the mythos that Holdstock has made his own.
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Robert Holdstock
Robert Paul Holdstock (1948–2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction.
Robert Holdstock also wrote books under the pseudonyms of Robert Faulcon and Robert Black.
Mythago Cycle
Mythago Cycle consists of five primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
