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“Jacques offers his usual rip-roaring adventure based on archetypal struggles between good and evil. Added to this addictive mixture are lyrical descriptive passages, quirky characters with wonderful names, their dialects, ditties, and mouth-watering descriptions of the wholesome and nourishing food they are all so fond of. Great stuff.” —The Times Educational Supplement

“The saga is filled with feasting and fun as well as fighting. Jacques’s talents for creating memorable characters and weaving several plot strands into one cohesive story are at their best in this exciting adventure.” —The Horn Book Magazine

“The settings may be forest and seaside, but the themes are universal: hope and goodness, trial and initiative. There are blood-thirsty battles and peaceful encounters in the community. There are thoughtless acts of vengeance and camaraderie of the highest quality. The novels are mirrors on society as a whole but portrayed through the eyes of the creatures of the wild.”

—Salt Lake City (UT) Deseret News

“Brian Jacques has the true fantasy writer’s ability to create a wholly new and believable world.” —School Library Journal

“Jacques extols the virtues of honor and valor. . . . [The Redwall novels] are a good read, with enticing maps, plenty of songs, a dose of natural history, and loads of excitement, charm, and humor.” —The Irish Times

“Charming . . . rollicking good adventure.” —Fantasy Review

“Reminiscent of Watership Down.” —Parent’s Choice

Also by Brian Jacques

REDWALL

MOSSFLOWER

MATTIMEO

MARIEL OF REDWALL

SALAMANDASTRON

MARTIN THE WARRIOR

THE BELLMAKER

OUTCAST OF REDWALL

PEARLS OF LUTRA

THE LONG PATROL

MARLFOX

THE LEGEND OF LUKE

LORD BROCKTREE

TAGGERUNG

TRISS

LOAMHEDGE

RAKKETY TAM

HIGH RHULAIN

CASTAWAYS OF THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

THE ANGEL’S COMMAND

VOYAGE OF SLAVES

THE GREAT REDWALL FEAST

A REDWALL WINTER’S TALE

SEVEN STRANGE AND GHOSTLY TALES

THE RIBBAJACK

THE TALE OF URSO BRUNOV

THE TRIBES OF REDWALL: BADGERS

THE TRIBES OF REDWALL: OTTERS

THE TRIBES OF REDWALL: MICE

REDWALL MAP AND RIDDLER

BUILD YOUR OWN REDWALL ABBEY

REDWALL FRIEND AND FOE

A REDWALL JOURNAL

THE REDWALL COOKBOOK

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