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The Borrible
Trilogy was republished in the UK in 2002 by Pan Macmillan,
and in 2003 by TOR UK.
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Book 3: The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis
Synopsis
Borribles are runaway children whose ears become pointed as they take to the streets, indicators of their independence and intelligence. As long as their ears remain unclipped they will never age; for this reason, they wear woollen hats pulled low over their ears in order to remain undetected by the authorities, who find their freedom threatening to the social order. Borribles are skinny, scruffy, and tough; they have nothing to do with money, and steal what they need to survive.
In the first book of the trilogy, the Battersea chief lookout, Knocker, discovers a Rumble in Battersea Park. Fearing a full-scale invasion of the Battersea borribles' section of London by these prententious rat-like creatures - the mortal enemies of the Borribles - the London Borribles plan an attack on the Rumble High Command. A handful of elite fighters are chosen from eight London tribes to infiltrate the Rumble bunker and eliminate the Rumble High Command. Thus, Napoleon, Chalotte, Sydney, Vulge, Bingo, Stonks, Torreycanyon, and Orococco set out to squash the Rumble threat - but other Borribles have secret agendas and personal vendettas of their own which create an even greater threat than the Rumbles ever were. The supposedly straight-forward adventure dominoes into a desperate fight for the very existence of Borrible life.
Following on from the adventures of The Great Rumble Hunt, the second volume of The Borrible Trilogy begins with the surviving adventurers discovery that Sam the horse is still alive. In attempting to rescue him the Borribles are lured into danger both by the newly-established Special Borrible Group, a branch of the police determined to wipe out the Borribles and their way of life, and by one of their own – Spiff, whose motives behind the mission to Rumbledom are slowly revealed.
All this leads the Borribles deep in to Wendle territory beneath the streets of Wandsworth, and down in to a shifting tunnel of mud dug deep beneath the mudflats of the Wandle River.
In The Borriles: Across the Dark Metropolis, the third book in The Borrible Trilogy, Battersea is no longer safe for a Borrible. The SBG, a section of the London police driven on by the fanatical Inspector Sussworth and dedicated to finding Borribles and clipping their ears is determined to wipe them out. The Borribles decide to escort Sam the horse to safety in Neasden and then return to the old way of life of independence and freedom. They begin their journey Across the Dark Metropolis, a journey that tests the courage and cunning of the Adventurers to the limits.
Press
Jack Zipes, professor of German at at the University of Minessota, has written an article on The Borribles and The Borribles Go For Broke; click here to read it (PDF - requires Adobe Reader which can be downloaded here).
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