Merlin's Wood: Robert Holdstock

Book V of Mythago Wood. Broeliande, the forest of legend where Merlin came to dream his magic and where the enchantress Vivien had come to beguile that magic from him. Martin and Rebecca had long since fled the forest. But returning years later for their mother's funeral they are at once ensnared by the forest's net of enchantment - an evil that has held the local villages of the land of Carnac in a strong grip. When Rebecca gives birth to Daniel, a beautiful child who is deaf, dumb and blind, she finds herself sucked into a twilight world, where she begins to lose the power of son and can see only strange, mysterious shadows. Thus begins a tragic encounter with the past that will transform into an astonishing Vision of Magic. Cover art by Geoff Taylor.