Redwall Abbey has never seen a creature more evil or hideous than Razzid Wearat. Captain of the Greenshroud, a ship with wheels that can sail through water as well as the forest, this beast is a terror of both land and sea, travelling Mossflower Country, killing nearly everything--and everyone--in his path. And his goal? To conquer Redwall Abbey.
From Salamandastron to the High North Coast, the brave hares of the Long Patrol team up with the fearless sea otters of the Rogue Crew to form a pack so tough, so rough only they can defend the Abbey and defeat Razzid Wearat once and for all.
In this book, there are a multitude of "grey" characters. I can not tell whether they are meant to be good, or evil. Some of the milder cases of "grey" is in the sea otter clan called the "Rogue Crew." They are obviously portrayed as good, but I think that they are way to violent, devoid of both mercy and pity on vermin, even willing to physically harm a creature to get information. More grey characters include the pygmy shrews and sand lizards. Lizards are always shown as evil in Brian Jacques' other books, but in this one, it is hard to tell. In the other Redwall Books, pygmy shrews were shown as good, but once again, it is hard to tell.
An interesting fact about this book is that the Wearat's ship has wheels. It reminds me of the Legend of Luke and the boat the Honeysuckle, which also had wheels, but this is on a much larger scale.
The Rogue Crew was a good book, but it can not compare with Brian Jacques' earlier novels.
In the cover of this book, I found out that Brian Jacques received an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of Liverpool. Therefore, he is Dr. Brian Jacques.
