Lavondyss
First edition cover | |
| Author | Robert Holdstock |
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| Illustrator | Alan Lee |
| Language | English |
| Series | Mythago Wood series |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 367 |
| ISBN | 0-575-04374-1 |
| OCLC | 18018373 |
| Preceded by | Mythago Wood (1984) |
| Followed by | The Bone Forest (1991) |
Lavondyss also titled Lavondyss: Journey to an Unknown Region is a fantasy novel by British writer Robert Holdstock, the second book in his Mythago Wood series. Lavondyss was originally published in 1988. The name of the novel hints at the real and mythological locales of Avon, Lyonesse, Avalon and Dis; within the novel Lavondyss is the name of the remote, ice-age heart of Ryhope wood.
Despite having a new primary character, Lavondyss is a sequel to Mythago Wood because several characters provide links between the novels; the events in Mythago Wood set into motion events that drive the protagonists' actions in Lavondyss.
Lavondyss has won, or been nominated for, several fantasy literature awards.