Series
Duncton Wood
William Horwood · 6 novels · 1980–1993
Duncton Wood is William Horwood's debut novel and the first of a six-volume fantasy series, telling its story through anthropomorphized moles in a vein Wikipedia itself compares to Richard Adams's Watership Down. The series follows the moles of Duncton Wood across generations as their community and beliefs come under threat. Horwood continued the saga through Duncton Quest, Duncton Found, Duncton Tales, Duncton Rising, and Duncton Stone.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Duncton Wood at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s3
- 1990s3
Shape
6 novels
1 author
reads like:fantasypolitical intriguesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedemotionaladult
Mood
Grim and intense: 17% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book6 of 6 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Duncton Risingdarkest
- Duncton Stonebrightest · most intense
- Duncton Talescalmest