Duncton Tales: Volume One of "the Book of Silence" (The Book of Silence)

Review 'More readable and rewarding than The Lord of the Rings' -- The Times Product Description THE JOURNEY STARTS HERE , AND NOW A million readers have revelled in William Horwood's now classic trilogy The Duncton Chronicles which tells how Moledom's Stone followers struggled to find peace and truth for allmole. But now Moledom's greatest tale can be told - from which all began and to which all is leading. If you have never read a Duncton story before, start here and now. If you are already a Stone follower then prepare for the greatest pilgrimage of your life to find the Silence of the Stone. A century after the great days of moledom described in the great Chronicles, Privet, a lonely female pilgrim from the north, arrives in fabled Duncton Wood. Only old Stour, Master of the Library, realizes the importance of her quest. For Privet seeks an answer to moledoms final mystery: where and what is the Book of Silence, whose scribe nomole knows, whose content none can guess, whose existence many still doubt? Decades of harmony have passed since the brave moles of Duncton saved moledoms peaceful Stone followers from the disciples of the evil Word. But now all is not well. Their system has grown sleepy, while moledom is dangerously complacent about the spread of zealots from Caer Caradoc. Led by the sinister Thripp of Blagrove Slide, the Newborns believe that any other way than theirs to the Stones Silence is blasphemy and deserves death. As the Caradocian moles gain power, shy Privet, aided by Stour and inspired by the strange and inarticulate Rooster, finds herself the agent of change and renewal in Duncton Wood. This novel continues the story of a community of moles in Duncton which featured in the books "Duncton Wood", "Duncton Quest" and "Duncton Found". In this story a new group of moles has emerged - evangelists, led by a prophet who threatens the liberal tradition of Stone worship.