Lavondyss

Tallis Keeton grows up near Ryhope Wood, an ancient forest that seems to shape dreams, names, and stories. After her brother Harry disappears into it, she becomes convinced he is still alive and begins learning the wood’s hidden rules.

As Tallis follows clues, rituals, masks, and inherited lore, the forest opens into stranger territories and a deeper realm associated with myth, memory, and archetypal beings. Her journey becomes both a search and an initiation, with the wood responding to her perceptions and changing as she changes.

The novel gradually shifts from childhood wonder into a darker, more difficult quest through a layered mythic landscape. Tallis must confront loss, danger, and the strange logic of a place where stories, identities, and time itself seem unstable.