The triumphant return to the world of MYTHAGO WOOD, one of the greatest fantasy
novels of the twentieth century At the heart of Ryhope Wood, Steven and the myth
ago Guiwenneth live in the ruins of a Roman villa close to a haunted fortress fr
om the Iron Age, from which Guiwenneth's myth arose. She is comfortable here, al
most tied to the place, and Steven has long since abandoned all thought of retur
ning to his own world. They have animals, protection and crops.
They also hav
e two children, a combination of human and mythago. Jack is like his father, an
active boy keen to know all about 'the outer world'; Yssobel takes after her mot
her, even to her long auburn hair. But this idyll cannot last.
