A few years after the events described in "The Wind In The Willows" a character from the ancient past arrives unexpectedly. The fourth age of the world is ending and that means change for everyone, especially the inhabitants of the Wild Wood and the River Bank. And in the wide world, war is coming.

This story is written especially for World Book Day 2018: Thomas Billinton, on his way home, embarks on a strange journey that takes him to a world that anybody could've imagined and meets all kinds of strange characters from classic literature.

A sequel to William Horwood's "The Willows and Beyond." The River Bankers enter the spirit world.

Winter has come to the Wild Wood, and so has an odd rabbit. Odder still is the message he has, from a sandy whiskered gentleman.