Wisdom’s End

The land is dying. Albert Pennystop and his sister Maisy, threatened with being taken to one of the ‘Golden Hostels by the Sea’ escape and return to ‘The Fort’, a secret place inside an ancient oak tree, where they played as children. So begins a strange tale where the normal rules of existence no longer apply. Centuries pass, and most humans have abandoned the surface of the planet for a life of servitude to the Robots in the Underground Levels. As so often in Barry’s writings it is the animals that show the courage and wisdom which, we come to believe will, in the end, save humanity. Barry has created a cast of truly authentic characters, which spring from the pages to enthral, amuse and delight us; and maybe even teach us something about ourselves.