"Set your paws on the track of a great adventure, my friend. Who stole the jeweled eyes of the Great Doomwyte Idol long ago? What horrors dwell in the caves beneath the wooded hill - the realm of the fearsome Korvus Skurr, the black-feathered raven?
Young Redwallers and their friends find themselves in the grips of adventures, solving mysterious riddles and battling villainous foes in daring underground forays. Join them in the quest, the feasts, the songs, and the fray. Unite with the tribes of the Gousim and Gonfelin against Wytes. Discover why the black avenger haunts the wooded slopes. But most of all, beware the dreaded Balissssssssssss!"
This Redwall book is perhaps my least favorite. This is the book when grey characters (Characters that are neither good or evil) appear the most. One of them is the Gousim Log-a-log Tugga Bruster. He is heartlessly cruel to vermin. He also is mean to the shrews under him and Redwallers. You would naturally think of him as evil, except for the fact that good creatures don't think that of him and that he practically lives among them, those that can stand him. Sorry to say, I was actually kind of happy when he died. Another grey character is the black otter, Zaran the Black. She only lives for revenge, with is not a good thing, even though she is pictured as a good creature in the minds of most. I also think the whole plot of the story is not too good. All that happens happened because of four jewels. That makes it seem as if one of the main themes is greed, even though it might not. Another thing is the Gonfelins and the stories of Gonf. Gonf was all but forgotten in some of the earlier books before this one. Why does he reappear in the stories and tales, and why is there a whole tribe descended from him? I think this book is not one of Brian Jacques' best.
