Trying to remember a book...

[Leanne]

Hi all,

I only joined Goodreads in 2018, so there's a lot of books I've read throughout my life that I have just completely forgotten about. However, one book I read as a teenager (so around the year 2000) constantly sticks out to me, but I can't remember what it is and it is bugging me!

So, it was an urban fantasy/adventure type book about Druids and Ley Lines. Had a quick Google and couldn't find anything promising. I can't remember the actual plot (I understand that isn't helpful!), I just HATE not being able to remember what it was.

If anyone has any ideas, it would be much appreciated!

[Hank]

My first guess would be Hounded but now actually reading your post (sorry) that probably isn't it because it was published in 2011.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

There are so many books with druids and ley lines, Hounded is a good first guess. Anything like how old the book is, what the cover looked like, a name of a place or character? Anything else?

[CBRetriever]

Moonheart by Charles de Lint has druids and his Eyes Like Leaves has both druids and ley lines (it was published in 2012

[Leanne]

Thanks everyone. I don't think it's any of those. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the cover looks like. At the time I wouldn't have said I was that into fantasy, so I think if the cover looked very fantasy, I probably wouldn't have picked it up. The main thing I remember is that it was set in the modern world. I'm starting to worry I've just dreamt it!

[Hank]

Ok, I got one more for you, published in 2000, set in the modern world, talks about druids and lay lines (although not specifically about druids)

Storm Front

[Chris]

You could try TV Tropes.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...

Scroll down to the Examples section and click on Literature to see books with that theme.

[Leanne]

Thanks Hank, it's not that one. But I may read it anyway. Sounds fun!

[Michelle]

Is it one of Ben Aaronovitch's books that take place in London? I'm on the app, so I can't provide a link. "River of London" is the name of one of them, though.

[Margaret]

Excellent as the Ben Aaronovitch Rivers of London series is, none of the books mention druids or ley lines. Also I think they're all too recent to be the book the OP is describing.

[Leanne]

Thanks everyone for your help and thanks Chris for those links, I can tell I'll find that website useful in the future. Nothing I'm seeing is familiar. I'm guess I'm doomed to never know :(

[Cheryl]

Don't give up; some people won't see your post for hours or days yet!

[Carole-Ann]

Not sure, but time-wise this may be right:
try Mark Chadbourn and his "Age of Misrule" trilogy.
Written 1999-2001, set in England, lots of magicky happenings :)

[Eva]

Perhaps you're misremembering the ley lines a little and it was a Shannara book with druids? https://shannara.fandom.com/wiki/Druid

Do you remember if it was Urban Fantasy, Historical Fantasy or set in its own fantasy world?

[Leanne]

Sorry for the delay Eva, thanks I've definitely not read any Shannara books. It was definitely urban, set in the modern world. I vaguely remember it being more about a mystery of someone discovering that druids are still a thing in today's world, and using ley lines to get to the bottom of it. Almost like The Da Vinci Code in style but with druids! Even though there are obvs fantasy elements, I think it would have been marketed more like a mystery thriller rather than fantasy