Product Description

"The otters of Green Isle have long been enslaved to the Wildcat Riggu Felis and his catguards, who torture the otters at every opportunity. The otters trudge on, waiting for the day their savior will arrive-the prophesized High Rhulain, who will lead them in battle and a return to glory. Meanwhile, young Tiria Wildlough, an ottermaid at Redwall Abbey, pines for her chance to learn the ways of the warrior,much against the wishes of her father. But when an injured osprey arrives at the Abbey, seeking help for its wounds and carrying tales of an embattled clan of otters, young Tiria knows what she must do... The latest tale of Redwall from New York Times bestselling writer Brian Jacques is an empowering story of adventure and heroism sure to keep readers riveted through the final page."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81814 in eBooks
• Published on: 2007-04-20
• Released on: 2007-04-20
• Format: Kindle Book
• Number of items: 1

From School Library Journal
Grade 6 Up–The Redwall saga continues with a book that can stand entirely on its own. Tiria is a young ottermaid with amazing skill with rock and sling. She lives in Redwall with her father and the entire cast of beloved characters from earlier novels. When she starts to dream of a place called Green Isle and Martin the Warrior, she realizes that she is destined to go on a quest and follow in the steps of the High Rhulain, an otter queen. The book alternates between Tiria's adventures, her friends working on word puzzles back home to help her, and the hardships of the otters who live on Green Isle where they are slaves to a group of cats. Jacques combines action, poetry, songs, courage, and vivid descriptions to create a unique style. His characterizations are complex and show multiple sides of both adult and younger personalities. The pacing is well handled, especially in a book with three story lines that entwine. As with the other volumes, there is sacrifice, death, and bloody battles galore. Readers familiar with the series will relish returning to the Abbey. Those new to the Redwall universe will be looking for the previous titles to learn more about Martin the Warrior and Salamandastron.–Tasha Saecker, Caestecker Public Library, Green Lake, WI
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From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. In this eighteenth installment of the Redwall series, Jacques chronicles the saga of ottermaid Tiria Wildlough, who, following dream visions from Martin the Warrior and an otter kinswoman, sets off for the Green Isle to rescue some otters enslaved by wildcat chieftain Riggu Felis, and take her rightful position as High Rhulain. Armed with a slingshot, and with assistance from a goose, an osprey, and Salamandastron's Long Patrol hares, Tiria journeys through Mossflower and across the Great Western Sea to do battle with the vicious cats. As always, Jacques adds to the intrigue with several subplots boiling just beneath the surface--including infighting among Riggu Felis and his dysfunctional family, and anagrams and riddles that must be solved to complete Tiria's story and uncover a missing lance and coronet. Elliot's detailed line drawings will help readers visualize the novel's many characters. A welcome book for series fans. Kay Weisman
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Review
Brian Jacques lives in Liverpool, England. David Elliot lives in New Zealand.

Customer Reviews

Bally great book wot
I am a huge Jacques fan ad when I first read the series I read it in about six months. Personally I strongly disagree with the last reviewer who said that said Jacques is getting worse as he goes on. DONT LISTEN TO HIM. I agree that Jacques continues his repetitiveness but he has to doesnt he? Who would read these books if they always had bad guys winning and the main characters dying? I also think that the food far from annoying me makes my stomach grumble. I even made some of his food judging by thier description. bottom line, Jacques has certainly not lost his touch and probably never will. Do not avoid buying this book just because of a couple scathing and nonsensical scribbles. I also just read Doomwyte and liked it a lot go JACQUES AND KEEP WRITING MORE.

Very Weak
This is by far Brian Jacques' worst work. I'm not saying this out of malevolence or even dislike--I truly love much of his work. The comments, however, that the book is formulaic are understatement.

The entire outcome of this book is obvious from the first few chapters. I almost didn't have the will to keep reading--the villains will die, the hero with a tragic past will sacrifice himself and be at peace, and the leader destined to be a queen becomes (surprise!) a queen. You can read a synopsis and skip the book. It's that bad. For the more avid Jacques readers, all of the specific terms and groups you've come to expect pop up, doing exactly what they always do: the Guosim shrews show up briefly, there's a badger lord we see for a bit, the Long Patrol are gluttonous and heroic, the Redwallers bumble good-naturedly, and the otters eat hotroot soup. Huzzah.

I in no way mean to imply that Jacques hasn't written good books; he has. "Mossflower", for example, is excellent. For the last four or five years, the Redwall novels have been episodic, and of increasingly poorer quality. The earlier stuff is the best.

I think Jacques is under pressure to keep churning out Redwall books at a steady pace, when he should've ended them years ago--or at least taken a break. If there is another Redwall novel, I dearly hope it is prudently done and isn't as exhausted as this one seems.

So - So
This was a pretty good book, and I love the fact that there was so little puzzle solving involved. But the battles were pretty pathetic, and the Bad guy died like 7 chapters before the end, which is too early for me. Plus, I just didn't feel like this book had enough excitement, it was kind of boring, and kind of reminded me of Mariel of Redwall {a previos book in the series}. If you like redwall, read this book, but you won't miss much in the series if you skip this book, it's not really related to any other books in the series.