So why should book characters be? If I can say one thing about them, it is that they are superbly written. Not every book character has to be a hero. I see a lot of reviewers saying the characters are not likable and that is why they give it a lower rating and I simply don't get that way of thinking. The numerous sins of the genre are nowhere to be found. And if you think of not reading it because it is YA, fear not. The TUNNELS series in general is probably one of the most realistic and grim YA universes out there. If you like happy endings or beautiful fantastic worlds this is NOT the book for you. And as the title suggests, with each book we go deeper and discover mysteries of ancient times.ĭEEPER is visceral in a way today's young adult genre isn't. That is how good it is!!ĭEEPER continues the adventure from TUNNELS, where Will, a teenage boy, is drawn to a world built under our own, where people have lived for hundreds of years. Even though it is 800+ pages long, it keeps you on the edge the whole time. This book is by far the best adventure book I've ever read.
I know those are big words, but they are not an overreaction.
This is one of the best books ever written! He has just released a new book called Summerhouse Land in a very limited run of hardbacks. Roderick followed Tunnels with further books in the series, Deeper, Freefall, Closer, Spiral and, finally, Terminal in 2013. Shortly after publication the film rights were purchased by US-based Relativity Media, and Mikael Håfström has been appointed as director. After intense media interest around its launch, Tunnels was published in almost forty countries and was a New York Times Bestseller, achieving sales of more than a million copies worldwide. Following a period of editing, Barry republished it as Tunnels in July 2007.
He genuinely thought this was all that the future held for him until he was made redundant in 2001.īut Roderick surprised himself by working on a book with help from an old university friend and, in 2005, he self-published it as The Highfield Mole, which caught the attention of Barry Cunningham, founder of Chicken House, a publisher of children’s books. After graduating without the faintest idea what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, he spent some time in the wilderness when he played in a few bands, then somehow fell into a job doing corporate finance for an investment bank in the City of London. Born in 1960, he grew up in Highgate, North London, and eventually went to University College where he dabbled in genetics and listened to Joy Division. Roderick Gordon is the author of the Tunnels series of books.
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