Duncton Wood is the story of a quest

into the nature of love and greed, of

oppression and liberty, of integrity,

grace, and of the power of the spirit.

Here, in an epic fantasy of the

highest order, William Horwood be-

stows upon the world of moles a mythic

history that overflows with richness and

fascination, involving the same mo-

mentous struggles between Good and

Evil that have always plagued human-

kind.

The moles of Duncton Wood are a

varied lot. There are the aggressive

Westenders, the independent Eastsiders,

and the secretive and sickly Marsh-

enders. Despite their differences, all are

members of the same, once proud and

famous molesystem, and all are tyran-

nized by Mandrake of Siabod-a mole so

powerful and senselessly destructive

that his name is a curse on those who

utter it.

The source of the evil that spreads

throughout Duncton lies tot solely in

Mandrake, however, but also in the

growing disinterest in the traditions and

rites surrounding the great stillstone at

the heart of the ancient order.

It is in the shadow of that towering

stillstone that Bracken and Rebecca.