'Tallis saw a gaping split in the cliff wall, and the small fire that burned deep inside, illuminating the cluster of wooden statuettes, some standing, some dangling from twine, at the entrance to the cave.
She rode on, ducking below trees, shivering as she passed the guarding statues at the crumbling gate. They were beasts, not ghosts, and though she recognised the animals of the forest in limbs, teeth and eyes, what struck her most powerfully was the element of madness in them.
All things in this world were born from the minds of men and since all men were mad, they were mad creatures, madly running . . .
So Tallis at last entered the stone corridors and galleries which had once led Harry to the first stone forest, and a forbidden land in who winter embrace he had become lost.'
Lavondyss
(Page 309)
For the life of me, i cannot explain the world entombed inside the pages of Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood series.
There's too much history and mythology at play to condense into a simple paragraph of adjectives that pale in comparison to the story itself.
And i've only read 3 of the 7 books.
I can't imagine how much more labyrinthine the story will become but i do know i will read them all.
With an unabashed greediness i long for every book to stir.
And then there's all the other books he's written.
...
There isn't enough time to read everything i want to.
That bugs me.
Illustrations by Alan Lee.
Lord and Master.
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