Watership Down similar vein, literary critic Jane Resh Thomas stated that "Watership Down" "draws upon ... an anti-feminist social tradition which, removed from the usual human context and imposed upon rabbits, is eerie in its clarity". Thomas also called it a "splendid story" in which "anti-feminist bias ... damages the novel in only a minor way". Adams' 1996 sequel, "Tales from Watership Down" includes stories where the female rabbits play a more prominent role in the Watership Down warren. It has been suggested that this might have been an attempt to modernise the story, to make it more in tune with the
David Clement-Davies his leadership. Rannoch escapes from the herd, but deep down in his heart, he knows that he must return, to unite the deer, and end Sgorr's reign of terror. Richard Adams, author of the classic "Watership Down", called "Fire Bringer" 'one of the best anthropomorphic fantasies known to him'. It was long-listed as a first novel for the Carnegie Medal in the UK. "Fire Bringer" and "The Sight" have received starred Kirkus Reviews, Famils Awards in the US, and made him a Booksense 76 Collection choice. Clement-Davies's second novel, "The Sight", is set in Transylvania (modern-day Romania), and is about