![]() It's a bit hard to describe the plot of Digger in a way that sounds remotely comprehensible to anyone who isn't familiar with it. If you haven't read Digger yet, you can can go here and do it for free. *You can read it for free (and should start right away - Google it, right now). *It helps you fall in love with wombats, who by all rights ought to replace dwarves as the default underground fantasy creatures. *It ends exactly soon enough, after just enough pain and loss and victory and hope. (How often do you see a side character abandon a quest because "I like you guys, but I actually have other stuff to do"? Not often enough.) With the possible exception of the humans, every single speaking role in Digger is filled by someone with a story to tell, and a life outside the story, and a deep concern for their own goals and well-being. *Most of the other characters could also fight for that title. ![]() I'm not someone who normally crushes on fictional animals, but. I want to marry her and be her best friend and take a geology class with her all at once. *The titular protagonist is one of my favorite characters in any book. I'd be happy to live in a world where every geeky teenager reads the whole series at some point. Digger ought to be roughly a thousand times more popular. Redwall meets Lord of the Rings meets Discworld, with the virtues of all three and almost none of the vices. ![]()
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