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Mythago Wood

9 books in reading order by Holdstock, Robert

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  1. Mythago Wood

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    Mythago Wood

    by Holdstock, Robert

    There are many novels and novellas in this cycle which take place in a forest that has been untouched since the last ice age. It is a labyrinth, a place of peril and living myths.

    'Unique' is a vastly overused word. It has about as much meaning as Kim K's twitter feed. But in the case of Mythago Wood, it's warranted. Firstly, Holdstock tells the...

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  2. Lavondyss

    Book 2

    Lavondyss

    by Holdstock, Robert

    Tallis Keeton grows up in the shadow of Ryhope Wood, the ancient forest that her brother Harry vanished into when she was a baby. She has inherited her grandfather's letter...

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  3. The Hollowing

    Book 3

    The Hollowing

    by Holdstock, Robert

    After the disappearance of his son into the mysterious depths of Ryhope Wood, a father braves the powerful forces of the strange, magical forest on a quest that takes him...

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  4. Avilion

    Book 5

    Avilion

    by Holdstock, Robert

    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...

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  5. Gate Of Ivory

    Gate Of Ivory

    by Holdstock, Robert

    Magic is what lures people like anthropology student Theodora to the exotic, dangerous world of Ivory, where everything is for sale and magic really works. But cut off from her...

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  6. The Bone Forest

    The Bone Forest

    by Holdstock, Robert

    A collection of eight short stories set in a mystical wood features a snow woman, a scientist succumbing to an age-old madness, roaming demons, conjurers working their pagan magic, and...

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  7. Gate Of Ivory Gate Of Horn

    Gate Of Ivory Gate Of Horn

    by Holdstock, Robert

    A son searching for his father in a British forest discovers a world teeming with live mythological characters. One of them is a Celtic princess-warrior and he falls in love...

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  8. The Mythago Cycle

    The Mythago Cycle

    by Holdstock, Robert

    A wonderfully beautiful novel that explores the ideas of myth and reality and the connection between the two. You'll find here a hauntingly story about a primeval forest somewhere undefined...

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  9. Merlin's Wood

    Merlin's Wood

    by Holdstock, Robert

    A powerful and compelling return to Robert Holdstock's award-winning Mythago cycle.

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