Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Mattimeo, Published in 1989 by Brian Jacques, Philomel Books

This book was Brian Jacques 4th. Slagar the fox hated Redwall Abbey-its peaceable creatures, its fearless mouse warrior Matthias. He blamed Matthias for the injuries he'd suffered...but his quest for vengeance would have a cunning one, for he knew the power of the legendary Redwall sword.

"Above all, he knew, the Redwallers cherished their young. So Slagar would steal them from their very noses-and the greatest prize would be Matthias' headstrong son, Mattimeo..."

This book goes beyond all borders of the maps, to the tops of the dancing cliff and to the ancient Abbey of Loamhedge, forgotten and uninhabited since the dawn of time. Since this book, Loamhedge has only been visited again in the book Loamhedge.