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The Hollowing

by Robert Holdstock · 1993

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The victim of a violent attack, Alex Bradley is a damaged and visionary child. Little does he know that the distorted creations of his mind are alive inside nearby Ryhope Wood. Then the forest claims him, and his father goes in pursuit, along with a scientific expedition looking for the secret of 'mythago-genesis'.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisdark fantasydark fantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
faefaeMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 367 pages

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