The Tunnels Series is a series of books by Roderick Gordon

Roderick Gordon

Roderick Gordon is the author of Tunnels, a bestselling children's book and the first book in the Tunnels series by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams.-Biography:Born in November 1960, Roderick grew up in Highgate, North London...

 and Brian Williams. They follow the adventures of Will Burrows as he fights the Styx, a race who rule a hidden city below London called The Colony: a place where the humans are taught to hate the normal humans living above them, dubbed 'Topsoilers'.

Series

• The Highfield Mole
  The Highfield Mole
  The Highfield Mole is a book by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams which follows the adventures of 14-year-old Will Burrows in a tyrannical underworld to which he has travelled in an attempt to find his father, an archeologist who disappeared down a mysterious tunnel.-Plot summary:The book follows...
  
  (2005)
• Tunnels
  Tunnels (novel)
  Tunnels is a subterranean fiction novel by British authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams released by Chicken House in 2007. The story follows Will Burrows, a 14-year-old archaeologist, who stumbles upon an underground civilization called The Colony...
  
  (2007)
• Deeper (2008)
• Freefall
  Freefall (novel)
  Freefall Freefall Freefall (sometimes known simply as Tunnels 3 is the second sequel to the book Tunnels, and is the third book in the series by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams...
  
  (2009)
• Closer
  Closer (novel)
  Closer is the fourth book in the Tunnels series, written by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. Released in the UK by Chicken House on 3 May 2010, its publication in the US by Scholastic Inc. followed on 1 February 2011.-Plot summary:Part 1: RevelationsThe story picks up following the events of...
  
  (2010)
• Spiral (1 September 2011)

Main Characters

Listed are the major characters in the series.

• Will Burrows – age 14, son of a Colonist who was adopted by Dr. Burrows; Will is the protagonist of the series.
• Chester Rawls – age 14, a 'Topsoiler' who is Will's best friend and goes with him underground and into The Colony.
• Rebecca Twins – age 12, Styx twins, the Rebeccas are the granddaughters of the old Styx and were adopted by Dr. Burrows and his wife; they are the antagonists and are out to kill Will.
• Dr. Burrows - Adoptive father of Will and the Rebeccas, his disappearance leads Will and Chester to venture underground in search for him.

Critical Reception

The first book was well received by critics, with Philip Ardagh

Philip Ardagh

Philip Ardagh is an English children's author, primarily known for the Eddie Dickens series of books. He has written more than 70 books including adult fiction and children's non-fiction....

 comparing it to the Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

franchise:

Although it seems unlikely that any book in the history of the universe will ever reach the truly dizzying heights that Potter has, Tunnels does have the potential to be the start of something big.

External links

• TunnelsDeeper fansite