![]() This is a similar to the last book, Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn. Interestingly enough, much of Avilion is set firmly in the world of Ryhope Wood and the Mythago’s. The book is crammed with action, tension, drama, revelations and heartache – exactly what you want from a series finale. I remembered why I’d fallen in love with the series in the first place. ![]() I was hooked from the start of the book until the final page. Avilion brings the story of the Huxley’s and Guiwenneth full circle. Given the title, I thought this book would be more related to the author’s Merlin series (similar to Merlin’s Wood) but thankfully, this wasn’t the case. However, Holdstock is back on top form with this, the last book and a sequel to the first book. I haven’t completely enjoyed the last couple of titles in the Mythago Wood cycle. (Gollancz, 23 July 2009, 352 pages, ebook, bought from Amazon) Yssobel is dreaming increasingly of her Uncle Christian, Steven’s brother, who disappeared into Lavondyss, and Jack wants to see ‘the outer world’ more than anything. The hunters who protected Guiwenneth as a child have come to warn her she is in danger. She is comfortable here, almost tied to the place, and Steven has long since abandoned all thought of returning to his own world. ![]() ![]() At the heart of Ryhope Wood, Steven and the Mythago Guiwenneth live in the ruins of a Roman villa close to a haunted fortress from the Iron Age, from which Guiwenneth’s myth arose. ![]()
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