Deep within the wildwood lies a place of myth and mystery, from which few return, and none remain unchanged. Ryhope Wood may look like a three-mile-square fenced-in wood in rural Herefordshire on the outside, but inside, it is a primeval, intricate labyrinth of trees, impossibly huge, unforgettable ...and stronger than time itself. Stephen Huxley has already lost his father to the mysteries of Ryhope Wood. On his return from the Second World War, he finds his brother, Christopher, is also in thrall to the mysterious wood, wherein lies a realm where mythic archetypes grow flesh and blood, where love and beauty haunt your dreams, and in promises of freedom lies the sanctuary of insanity ...
- ISBN10 0575079703
- ISBN13 9780575079700
- Publish Date 15 February 2007 (first published 1 January 1984)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gollancz
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English