2: The Borribles Go For Broke The Borribles Go For Broke was first published in 1981 by The Bodley Head in the United Kingdom. Plot summary Following the adventures of "The Great Rumble Hunt" in the first volume of the trilogy, the second volume begins with the surviving adventurers' discovery that Sam the horse is still alive. In attempting to rescue him the Borribles are lured into danger both by the newly established Special Borrible Group (SBG), a branch of the police determined to wipe out the Borribles and their way of life, and by one of their own – Spiff, whose motives behind the mission to Rumbledom are slowly revealed. All this leads the Borribles deep into Wendle territory beneath the streets of Wandsworth, and down into a shifting tunnel of mud dug deep beneath the mudflats of the Wendle River. Book 3: The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis [[File:Borribles-3-TOR-USA.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of the 2005 United States edition of The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis]]The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis was first published in 1986 by Piccolo Books in the United Kingdom. Plot summary In The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis, Battersea is no longer safe for a Borrible. The SBG (an allusion to the Special Patrol Group), a section of the London police driven on by the fanatical Inspector Sussworth (an allusion to the sus laws) and dedicated to finding Borribles and clipping their ears is determined to wipe them out. The Borribles decide to escort Sam the horse to safety in Neasden and then return to the old way of life of independence and freedom. They begin their journey Across the Dark Metropolis, a journey that tests the courage and cunning of the Adventurers to the limits. Reception David Langford reviewed The Borribles in the June 1983 issue of White Dwarf, stating: Langford's review of The Borribles Go For Broke, in the May 1984 issue of White Dwarf, states: Langford's review of The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis, in the December 1986 issue of White Dwarf, states: The Borrible Trilogy in translationThe Borrible Trilogy is, as of 24 July 2006, in print in English in both the United States and the United Kingdom: In the UK: The Borrible Trilogy. London: Tor, 2003. . In the US:The Borribles. New York: Tor, 2005. .The Borribles Go For Broke. New York: Tor, 2005. .The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis. New York: Tor,