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[[File:Borribles.jpg|frame|300px|Bingo vs. Bingo: [[Animesque]] before Animesque was a thing.]]
{{quote|''It is sad to pass through life without one good Adventure.
''It is better to die young than to be caught.
''If you're my friend, follow me round the bend.''|Borrible proverbs}}
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* '''''The Borribles: Across The Dark Metropolis'''''
The books focus on the epynomous Borribles, immortal elf-like [[Street Urchin|street urchins]] who live on the edges of the human world, stealing what they need and living where they can -- and making a virtue of both. They are surrounded by a rich culture of songs and tales and a book of rules and proverbs tailored to the life of adventure, defiance of authority, and casual thievery that defines the very nature of "being Borrible". Although the trilogy is set in England -- specifically, the economically-devastated London of the 1970s, when the country saw itself as either falling apart or sliding under the heel of a new fascist boot -- it's clear that Borribles are not a solely British phenomenon; they exist around the world. However, the saga is very much an English one.
The stories start when a Borrible named Knocker discovers that the Borribles' traditional enemy, the Rumbles -- a race of giant talking rats with a penchant for living high on the hog with technology and goods stolen from humans -- have begun to expand out of their stronghold under Wimbledon Commons and into other parts of London. In response, the Borrible tribes of London assemble a team of eight champions, one from each tribe, to assault the Rumble headquarters and assassinate the Rumble High Command. Given training, weapons and the names of their assigned targets, the Adventurers set off on the dangerous trek across the city, surrounded not only by the dangers that afflict Borribles every day, but by plots within plots and secrets kept from one another. And when they finally reach their goal, it's only the beginning of a greater set of dangers which ultimately threaten all of London's Borribles.
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