The Vorrh

· The Vorrh Trilogy Book 1 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Allan Corduner
2.7
3 reviews
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Prepare to lose yourself in the heady, mythical expanse of The Vorrh, a daring debut that Alan Moore has called “a phosphorescent masterpiece” and “the current century's first landmark work of fantasy.” 

Next to the colonial town of Essenwald sits the Vorrh, a vast—perhaps endless—forest. It is a place of demons and angels, of warriors and priests. Sentient and magical, the Vorrh bends time and wipes  memory. Legend has it that the Garden of Eden still exists at its heart. Now, a renegade English soldier aims to be the first human to traverse its expanse. Armed with only a strange bow, he begins his journey, but some fear the consequences of his mission, and a native marksman has been chosen to stop him. Around them swirl a remarkable cast of characters, including a Cyclops raised by robots and a young girl with tragic curiosity, as well as historical figures, such as writer Raymond Roussel and photographer and Edward Muybridge.  While fact and fictional blend, and the hunter will become the hunted, and everyone’s fate hangs in the balance, under the will of the Vorrh. 

Afterword by Alan Moore

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2.7
3 reviews
Ian Savage
January 5, 2024
A work with stunning prose, and proactive language, this book unfortunately meanders through uninteresting characters and haphazard narrative, with little sinew between them. A so-called fantastical setting within colonial Africa, there lacks any meaning thematic impact or driving force behind the world or narrative. As a first part in a trilogy, this does little work to inspire a second reading or any readines to continue on in the series.
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Brian Catling  is a poet, sculptor, painter, and performance artist. He makes installations and paints portraits of imagined Cyclops in egg tempera. Catling has had solo shows at The Serpentine Gallery, London; the Arnolfini in Bristol, England; the Ludwig Museum in Aachen, Germany; Hordaland Kunstnersentrum in Bergen, Norway; Project Gallery in Leipzig, Germany; and the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England.

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