A classic story of love, faith, hope... and moles.

I first read this book at the age of ten. It was a firm favourite for years, along with the five following volumes (three bought in hardback the moment they came out). How I waited with baited breath for each new reveleation! How I identified with the characters: their strength, their resilience, their truly fantastic story.

Yet this is not a children's book. It is a story with a dark side of pestilence, murder, rape and torture that makes it entertaining for any adult. No wonder my parents worried about my childhood reading tastes!

Forget the fact it's moles. Be drawn away into a world similar to our own, with strong parralels to Christianity and history, but retaining its own individual style. Experience the love of Bracken and Rebecca, the faith of Boswell and the silent strength of the Stone.

Mature teens and adults alike.

The attention to characterisation the author, William Horwood, gives. By the end of the book a reader can relate to so many of the moles within.

Read the rest of the series.

Desperate for more, yet strangely more at peace with the everyday struggles of the world.

Is William Horwood, author of the first Ducton series - Duncton Wood, Duncton Quest and Duncton Found, and the second series of Duncton Tales, Duncton Rising and Duncton Stone. His other books include the Willows In Winter series, two books of The Wolves Of Time, The Stonor Eagles, Callanish and Skallagrigg.