Beyond the Deepwoods
core novel 1998 The Edge Chronicles
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (12,792 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 288 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780552545921 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Beyond the Deepwoods opens the Edge Chronicles proper. Twig has grown up among the Woodtrolls of the Deepwoods but has always sensed he does not belong among them, and when his adoptive mother finally admits he was found as an abandoned infant, he sets out to learn who he truly is. His search takes him past the boundary of the Deepwoods into a wilder, unmapped region of the Edge, where he must survive predatory creatures and uncanny phenomena while relying on a scattering of unlikely companions, among them the prophetic Caterbird. Rumors and signs of the sinister Gloamglozer follow him through the journey. Along the way Twig grows drawn to the free, dangerous life of the sky pirates, a pull that shapes his sense of where he might finally belong, even as the larger mystery of his origins remains only partly resolved.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Edge Chronicles
- Series: The Edge Chronicles core; position 1 of 13 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Paul Stewart
- Author: Chris Riddell
Notes
- From the series record (The Edge Chronicles): Thirteen novels illustrated throughout by Chris Riddell.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Edge Chronicles: position 1 of 13: next Stormchaser (1999)
Sources
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