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After a life overseas, William agrees to lend a hand to his ageing parents in their cottage in Kent. Both in their 90s, the couple's initial frailty deteriorates into dementia and illness, and they are clearly unable to cope alone. Imperceptibly, William's help turns into full-time caring as he moves in with them. At first, he has little understanding of their condition. He witnesses his ailing father's dedication to an unappreciative wife of 70 years, while he does his best to keep them both fed and comfortable. His struggle is not without moments of humour and self-enlightenment.

ONLY COURAGE CAN SAVE THEIR LANDSStorms rage as the worst winter in living memory ravages the human and Hydden worlds. The prophesied End of Days is here and the universe is dying, yet only a few are even aware of the forces at work.Jack and Katherine must help their friend Bedwyn Stort halt this chaos by locating the last gem of Winter, something only he can do. Then it must be returned to the Earth's unwilling guardian, their daughter Judith. She will need it to try and reignite the fires of the universe.Yet Stort is riddled with uncertainty. He yearns for Judith, as she does for him, but a love between mortal and immortal cannot be. To find the gem, he must solve this conundrum and vanquish death itself. But can he really lead mortalkind to salvation?The climactic final volume in the Hyddenworld sequence, a lyrical epic fantasy adventure of bravery, loss and a quest for the impossible, from William Horwood, the acclaimed author of the Duncton Wood novels.

ONLY COURAGE CAN SAVE THEIR LANDS Winter has been unleashed upon the Hyddenworld by an angry Earth. And Judith, now the Earth's unwilling ally and shield maiden, is powerless to intervene. Then while both human and Hydden lands wither, humans find their way into this secret realm - to destroy all that winter's storms haven't undone. The Hydden city of Brum now faces its darkest days; joining its greatest enemy to combat invaders. But ultimately, survival depends on its champions - Jack, Katherine and scrivener Bedwyn Stort. If they can locate a last gem, burning with fire and magic, devastation may be averted. But if the jewel fails to reach Juliet before winter's end, human and Hyddenkind will pay the price. Yet his quest will cost Stort dearly. It requires him to finally let Juliet go; the epic love that's sustained him. There is a solution, but is this buried too deep, lost beneath ice and snow?

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 corrupt power to the cunning and faithless. When the two moles finally reach Uffington they discover only death and destruction. The sacred burrows are abandoned, the Holy Library desecrated and the sole survivor is a frail and timid mole called Spindle. For out the chilly of the chilly north have swarmed the Grikes – a bloodthirsty tribe of warrior moles under the leadership of their evil queen, Henbane. They are fanatical followers of the Word, a harsh creed which demands that they convert or kill all believers in the sacred Stone. Their tyranny extends far and wide and even mighty Duncton Wood is now threatened. Tryfan finds he has a new and terrible task…

Jack, der als Hydden geboren wurde, weiß, dass er zur Welt der Hydden wie auch zur Menschenwelt gehört und doch in der einen wie der anderen ein Fremder ist. Ganz wie Judith, von der es hieß, sie sei die lange erwartete Schildmaid, Trägerin der Edelsteine und Helferin der Menschen. Aber irgendeine Macht scheint dagegen zu arbeiten ... Hyddenworld ist ein Land, das direkt neben und unter unserer Welt liegt, das aber den menschlichen Augen verborgen ist. Und doch ereignen sich gerade hier Dinge, die über das Schicksal kommender Zeiten entscheiden werden. Als Jack, der für einen Hydden zu groß geraten ist, bei den Menschen auftaucht, mit einem feinen ledernen Rucksack auf dem Rücken, lebt eine alte Prophezeiung über das Schicksal von Hydden und Menschen wieder auf.

The adventure of a lifetime is just beginning…It has lain lost and forgotten for fifteen hundred years in the ancient heartland of England – a scrap of glass and metal melded by fierce fire. It is the lost core of a flawless Sphere made by the greatest of the Anglo-Saxon CraeftLords in memory of the one he loved. Her name was Spring and contained in the very heart of this work is a spark from the Fires of Creation. But while humans have lost their belief in such things, the Hydden – little people existing on the borders of our world – have not. Breaking the silence of centuries they send one of their own, a young boy, Jack, to live among humans in the hope that he may one day find what has been lost for so long. His journey leads him to Katherine, a girl he rescues from a tragic accident – it’s a meeting that will change everything. It is only through their voyage into the dangerous Hyddenworld that they will realize their destiny, find love and complete the great quest that will save both their worlds from destruction. Their journey begins with Spring…

By the author of the bestselling Duncton Wood chronicles, William Horwood's THE BOY WITH NO SHOES is an imaginative memoir of exceptional power, destined to make literary history

In diesem abschließenden Band von William Horwoods Epos kämpfen die Wölfe der Zeit um ihr Land gegen feindliche Wolfsvölker und skrupellose Menschen. Ihr Kampf spiegelt auch die Suche nach ihrer eigenen Bestimmung wider.

Überall in Europa vernehmen die Wölfe einen geheimen Ruf im Wind. Sie brechen auf zu einer abenteuerlichen Reise in ihr sagenumwobenes Herzland. Alte Geschichten und Legenden erzählen von dessen Existenz und von den fast vergessenen >>Wolfswegen<<, die sie dorthin führen sollen. Sie sind die Wölfe der Zeit, die ein neues Zeitalter verkünden ...

In der Weihnachtszeit sind die Weiden trist, da Frau Ffleische die Bewohner tyrannisiert, besonders den Kröterich. Der Maulwurf beschließt, zusammen mit dem Dachs und Ratterich, Frau Ffleische die Meinung zu sagen. Doch ihre Pläne scheitern, als Frau Ffleische die ungebetenen Gäste verhaften lässt.