Beyond the Deepwoods
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| Author | Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell |
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| Cover artist | Chris Riddell |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Released | 1 October 1998 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0385409672 (first edition, hardback) |
| Preceded by | The Clash of the Sky Galleons |
| Followed by | Stormchaser |
Beyond the Deepwoods is a 1998 fantasy novel by Paul Stewart, and is chronologically the fourth book of The Edge Chronicles, and is also the first book of the "Twig sequence".
[edit] Plot summary
The book tells the story of Twig Verginix, a forthling who has been raised by Woodtrolls. After he strays from the path and gets lost, it follows his journey through the perilous Deepwoods, and his experiences with the many dangerous creatures that live there, such as Halitoads, Rotsuckers and Hoverworms. He witnesses the hatching of a Caterbird, who promises to watch over him. He journeys to a slaughterer village and a gyle goblin colony, but wherever he goes he always feels like he doesn't fit in until he eventually meets some sky pirates who had been caught in a storm. He discovers that the captain is actually his father, and intends to stay with them, but they leave him behind. In the climax of the book, he stumbles across the Edgelands, a howling cliff that is inhabited by wraiths and ghosts. There he meets the Gloamglozer, a mythical creature that was accidentally released by his father years ago. The Gloamglozer tricks him into jumping off the cliff, but in a twist of fate the Caterbird carries him until he is above his father's sky ship, and he crashes into the deck. once he has recovered, his father reveals his true idenity and Twig joins his crew.
[edit] Characters
- Twig Verginix
- Gloamglozer
- Quintinus Verginix
- Tem Barkwater
