The Hollowing: A Novel of the Mythago Cycle (The Mythago Cycle, 3)

back In Print After A Decade, A Novel Of The Classic Mythago Cycle publishers Weekly playing With Archetype, Myth And The Nature Of Reality, Holdstock Returns To The Landscape Of His World Fantasy Award-winning Mythago Wood , A Primeval Woodland In Modern England That Has Defended Itself Through The Eons With Mythagos, Embodiments Of The Human Need For Heroes And Heroic Acts. Devastated By The Death Of His Young Son, Alexander, Richard Bradley Meets Alexander Lytton And Helen Silverlock, Who Indicate That The Boy Is Still Alive In A Mysterious Way In Nearby Ryhope Wood. As The Distraught Father Follows Researcher Arnauld Lacan Into The Wood, He Is Gradually Introduced To Its Properties And Inhabitants, Which Range Through The Deeply Embedded Myths Of All Times. Meanwhile, Lytton Wants Bradley To Find Alexander Because The Fearful Boy's Vivid Fantasies Are Changing The Very Nature Of The Wood That Lytton And His Crew Have Been Studying For Years. Bradley's Search Proves Unsuccessful, However, And It's Only After The Father Gains The Aid Of Sarin, The Tall Grass Lady From The Time Of The Tower Of Babel, That His Quest Reaches Its Climax. Holdstock Weaves A Dense And, At Times, Impenetrable Tale, But A Careful Reading Brings To Light A Variety Of Treasures, Including A Telling Portrayal Of Jason And The Argonauts In Old Age. (july) The victim of a violent attack, Alex Bradley is a damaged and visionary child. Little does he know that the distorted creations of his mind are alive inside nearby Ryhope Wood. Then the forest claims him, and his father goes in pursuit, along with a scientific expedition looking for the secret of 'mythago-genesis'. The setting is a forest populated by legendary figures from history, but as Richard Bradley, the protagonist, learns there is a world of a difference between the man of the legend and the real thing. By the author of Mythago Wood Each dawn, since the hollyjack had come to the cathedral bringing her strange dreams, the boy had started to think of waking as the opening of petals, or a form of budding.