Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Martin the Warrior

by Brian Jacques
Hennepin County Library audioCDs 9 discs
read by the author
genre: fantasy adventure

I hadn't read / heard this one before! The story opens in "modern" times with travelers coming to Redwall. They share the history of Martin the Warrior, who founded Redwall. Martin was a feisty mouse enslaved by the evil stoat Badrang at his fort called Marshank. Martin, Rose, a troop of actors, and other freed slaves go to battle against Badrang. The thing that really stood out for me was the elaborate descriptions of meals . . . I think that's part of why Nick liked these stories so much when he was young. Epic battles and epic food.

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