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The moles of Duncton Wood live in the shadow of Mandrake, a cruel tyrant corrupted by absolute power. A solitary young mole, Bracken, leads the fight to free them. Only by putting his trust in the ancient Stone, a forgotten symbol of a great spiritual past, can Bracken find the strength to challenge Mandrake’s darkness.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and resolved.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- William Horwood
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 733
- Publisher
- Arrow, Hamlyn, BCA
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780099443001
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