Shardik: The Extraordinary Fantasy Novel by the Author of Watership Down

In a bitterly divided world, a giant bear becomes an object of worship in "the extraordinary fantasy novel by the author of Watership Down" (The Guardian, UK).

Written after his bestselling debut novel Watership Down, Richard Adams's Shardik is an epic fantasy of tragic character. A fascinating depiction of the power of belief, it explores themes of faith, slavery, and war.

In a burning forest, Kelderek the hunter encounters a gigantic bear unlike any he's seen before. Surely this is the re...