The idea of a book set in these woods - called in reality Forest Park - came to Meloy from walks he and Ellis would take in them. On a rainy day in February, Meloy and Ellis were visiting Pittock Mansion - a chateaulike house that’s prominent in “The Wildwood Chronicles.” In the fantasy series, Pittock Mansion is surrounded by a village inhabited by talking animals - deer, badgers, rabbits and moles, who lead their daily lives alongside people. There are more adventures, conspiracies and intrigue in “Wildwood Imperium.” The Dowager Governess has returned - in the shape of an ivy-covered creature leading an army of murderous ivy monsters. In the second volume, “Under Wildwood,” there’s a plot to kill Prue, a mystic is murdered and Prue, Curtis and a rat named Septimus visit an underground city inhabited by moles. In the first book, “Wildwood,” published in 2011, Prue and Curtis venture into the wilderness to rescue Prue’s little brother from an exiled Dowager Governess who had him kidnapped by crows as part of her plot to wipe out all living things in the forest.
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