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DUNCTON WOOD

A quest into the nature of love and greed, oppression and freedom, courage and corruption – and finally into the nature of grace and the power of the spirit… Despite their differences the moles of Duncton Wood are members of the same once-proud system. But all are now under the cruel tyranny of Mandrake, a mole corrupted by absolute power. Only in the shadow of the Stone, the inspiring half-forgotten symbol of a better past, can the strength to resist oppression be found and led by Bracken.

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THE STONOR EAGLES

When an extraordinary series of sculptures and paintings by the renowned 20th century artist James MacAskill Stonor are brought together for the first time at an exhibition in New York the event compels the reticent artist to reveal for the first time the true story of how they came to be created….A profound study of…

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CALLANISH

One evening a frightened and bedraggled golden eagle is brought to London Zoo and confined forever to a bleak cage far from his native Scotland. Soon it becomes tempting for Creggan to forget his past and bury his memories of the mountains and sea and, above all, the glorious skies of his homeland. But there…

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SKALLAGRIGG

Skallagrigg unites Arthur, a little boy abandoned many years ago in a grim hospital in northern England, with Esther, a radiantly intelligent young girl who is suffering from cerebral palsy; and with Daniel, an American computer games genius. Skallagrigg – whatever the name signifies, or whoever he is – will come to transform their lives.…

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DUNCTON QUEST

As the glorious events of Duncton Wood ended, Tryfan, son of Bracken and Rebecca, was entrusted with a special task – to accompany the old scribemole Boswell back to the Holy Burrows of Uffington and take the seventh Stillstone to its rightful resting place. But a dark evil is spreading across moledom, whispering falseness to the weak and giving corrupting power to the cunning and faithless…

‘A passionate, lyrical, appealing tale…’ Cosmopolitan

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DUNCTON FOUND

The Duncton Chronicles now reach an inspiring and triumphant conclusion… Under the ruthless leadership of Henbane of Whern, the grikes have taken over moledom. Now her son by Tryfan, Lucerne, will consolidate their ascendancy and root and and kill the last followers of the Stone. But a mole called Beechen is born and his coming has been prophesied. His role is so important that only the aging Tryfan can be entrusted with the task showing him how he must lead moles back to path of liberty and justice, which is to the Silence of the Stone…

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DUNCTON TALES

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 moledom’s final mystery: where and what is the Book of…

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DUNCTON RISING

This is the second book in The Book of Silence, the second of the Duncton Trilogies… As Privet, scholar and scribemole and her adopted son Whillan escape from Duncton Wood in search of the Book of Silence, the Newborn Inquisitors seek to take the system over. Only old Stour, Master Librarian, and the timid aide…