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Summary: UNBELEIVABLE ACTION AND FAITH
Review: Brian Jacques takes us back in the times when Mossflower, the woodland area where all creatures used to live, was under the rule of Lord Greeneyes and later Queen Tsarmina before the Redwall Abbey was even built! With adventure and the belief in faith this is definitely an excellent book. As always Jacques shows us that wanting something bad enough can give you the power to get it. This is also presented in Redwall, the first book in the series, about the young mouse who doesn't even fit in with the creatures of the abbey. I'll let you read the book before I give you the ending, but you still get the idea. This is shown even more so in this book. In Mossflower everyone wanted to be free and do as they wished as well as inside Kotir, the evil kingdom of Tsarmina, Queen of the Thousand Eyes. With each page boasting the detail and vocabulary Jacques is famous for, his second book is just as good as the first! I would reccomend this to all hard core Redwall fans. I have only read Redwall and Mossflower(I'm reading Mattimeo now) ,and have already become a very good fan. The book has a touch of Redwall with a new character introduced in the end which I think will lead to an explanation in a later book. Action,war,faith, and Martin the Warrior's FIRST QUEST are only a few of the things to look for in this fantastic book. If you are ready for an exciting funfilled book than go to your local library and check it out. Trust me, you won't be dissapointed! (SUBMITTED BY JWF, A 12-YEAR-OLD READER)
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Summary: "Mossflower" is just as great as its predecessor, "Redwall"
Review: "Mossflower" is about Martin the Warrior, the legendary character mentioned in "Redwall," the book that came before this one in the Redwall series. In the beginning of the book, the mouse Martin is traveling through Mossflower woods, the future site of Redwall Abbey. The forest and its inhabitants are under oppression by a fearsome wildcat known as Verdauga Greeneyes, Lord of the Thousand Eyes. He has two children--a gentle son named Gingivere, and a merciless, cruel daughter called Tsarmina. The wildcat family is served by hundreds of soldiers. The family and their horde live in a fortress called Kotir. Martin has a sword hanging around his neck; it had once belonged to his father, Luke the Warrior. When Verdauga's soldiers see him walking through the forest with the sword, they arrest him on the charge of bearing arms and drag him to Kotir. He fights them fiercely all the while. After struggling with him for a while, the soldiers manage to drag him to Verdauga's chamber, where the wildcat is laying in his bed, ill. Although Verdauga admires the mouse's courage and spirit. Tsarmina, however, expresses feelings of disgust, snaps the sword in two, leaving only the hilt hanging around Martin's neck, and throws him into one of Kotir's dungeons. Meanwhile, the carefree mouse Gonff, a thief who calls himself the Prince of Mousethieves, is making his way back from Kotir, where he has stolen food. Gonff is a member of CORIM, the Council of Resistance in Mossflower, which is an organization set up by the forest dwellers to fight Verdauga's tyranny. Gonff lets his guard down and manages to get himself captured by two of Kotir's soldiers. He is taken to the fortress and put in the same dungeon cell as Martin, where the two become friends. Gonff knows just how to escape the cell, and does so, taking Martin with him. They go straight to the headquarters of CORIM, the mansion home of a female badger called Bella of Brockhall. Martin is welcomed by the CORIM leaders, and he decides to help them with their mission. He befriends Lady Amber, the leader of the squirrel population, and Skipper of Otters, the chieftain of an otter tribe who dwells in nearby River Moss, along with many others. Gonff remains his best friend, along with a mole called Young Dinny. At Kotir, the ruthless wildcat Tsarmina poisons her father and accuses her kindly brother Gingivere of the murder. Gingivere is imprisoned, and Tsarmina is proclaimed the new Queen. She promptly embarks on a reign of terror. The woodland dwellers become more desparate than ever to overthrow the wildcats. Bella of Brockhall has convinced Martin that the only way to get rid of Tsarmina and her minions for good is to fetch her father, Boar of Brockhall, who is a formidable warrior. He dwells in an extinct volcano known as Salamandastron, a long journey from Mossflower. Martin agrees to make the journey, along with Gonff and Dinny. They set out immediately, but are followed for a good part of the journey by three of Tsarmina's bumbling soldiers. Along the way, they befriend a shrew called Log-a-Log, who assists them by letting them use his boat to travel on the river. They get lost inside a pitch-black mountain, where they are helped by some bats. At last they reach Salamandastron. If you want to find out what happens to the three friends, read "Mossflower," by Brian Jacques, one of the best books I've read to date.
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Summary: Mossflower
Review: Maybe its the kid in me that enjoys the Redwall books so much. I don't know. What I DO know is that this is an excellent series of stories. They are easy to read, and flow from chapter to chapter seamlessly, with loveable characters, nasty villains that you just love to hate, and vivid scenery. I can close my eyes and see every little detail in my mind. I'm not sure that I have a favorite part of the book, but the battle between Martin and Queen Tsarmina was excellent. I highly reccomend this and every other Redwall book to everyone, young and old alike.
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Summary: Mossflower
Review: The main characters in 'Mossflower' are Martin (from 'Martin the Warrior'), Bella of Brockhall (Brockhall is a badger compound), Skipper (also known as Skip, he's the skipper of the otter crew), Lady Amber (the peaceful queen of the squirrels), Goffen Prince of mouse thieves (a good thief), Tsarmina (an evil wild cat Queen... the queen of Kotir) Gingivere (Tsarmina's brother but that of a kind and gentle heart) Ben and Goody Stickle (a hedgehog couple owning the four baby hedgehogs Spike, Posy, Ferdy and Coggs), Dinny (a young mole), Chibb (a red breast robin acting as a spy), Log-a-Log (a friendly shrew) and Boar the fighter (Bella's father) and the list goes on. When I opened the front cover of this book on the first page there was a snippet from the book and here it is:
For a moment Martin's eyes meet those of Tsarmina's. His voice was clear and unafraid. "You should have killed me when you had the chance, because I vow that I will slay you one day."
The spell was broken. The guards hauled on the ropes, dragging Martin off to the cells. In the silence that followed, Tsarmina slumped in her chair and sniggered "A mouse kill me, indeed! He's hardly worth worrying about."
But boy was she wrong! In the rest of the book you are just enticed in the adventures from dancing crabs to stolen children, it is in the last and final chapters that Tsarmina is slain by a true warrior, it is also in these final chapters the most tense chapters that we find out weather our strong and heroic warrior's life is so close to being snuffed that you need a box of tissues. This is a book with such a long but exciting and action packed plot that it would take twenty pages to explain, it is hear dear friends that I take my leave...and leave you to this fantastic book of all emotions.
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Summary: Wicked Wicked awesome!!
Review: I think this book was just as good, if not better than Redwall. It had a little more action, and less adventure. This book was ten times funnier than Redwall. When reading this series, you don't think of the characters as animals, because you can relate to them as humans.
The story starts out at Ben Stickles house. Troops from Kotir barge in, and take food for the "kingdom". Meanwhile a warrior mouse named Martin is walking through Mossflower. When the soldiers leave the Stickles house, they see Martin. They draw their weapons and start to fight. Martin is winning for about ten minutes, one mouse, verse about five stoats, weasels, and ferrets. He is finally captured and is put in the dungeons of Kotir.
At Kotir, Lord Green eyes, also known as Verdauga, is sick. A healer named Fortunata is trying to "help" him regain his strength. Tasarmina, his greedy, power hungry daughter, has hired the vixen to frame Gingevere, Tasarminas brother, for killing Verdauga. Tasarmina and the fox, make a potion to kill him. They tell Gingivere to deliver it to his father. After drinking it, he dies instantly. Tasarmina takes over, and sends her brother to rot in the dungeon.
With Martin and Gingivere in the dungeon, and the evis Tasarmina ruling Kotir, who will save Mossflower? Read the book to find out. This is a comical, adventorous, and action packed book.
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Summary: Read it for Tsarina's tantrums
Review: After reading Redwall I was hoping for greater insight into Martin's history. Mossflower though it introduces Martin it doesn't come close to filling in the back story in any coherent fashion. The only really entertaining bit of it is Tsarina's tantrums. She's portrayed wonderfully as a mad cat queen.
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Summary: "Mossflower" is just as great as its predecessor, "Redwall"
Review: "Mossflower" is about Martin the Warrior, the legendary character mentioned in "Redwall," the book that came before this one in the Redwall series. In the beginning of the book, the mouse Martin is traveling through Mossflower woods, the future site of Redwall Abbey. The forest and its inhabitants are under oppression by a fearsome wildcat known as Verdauga Greeneyes, Lord of the Thousand Eyes. He has two children--a gentle son named Gingivere, and a merciless, cruel daughter called Tsarmina. The wildcat family is served by hundreds of soldiers. The family and their horde live in a fortress called Kotir. Martin has a sword hanging around his neck; it had once belonged to his father, Luke the Warrior. When Verdauga's soldiers see him walking through the forest with the sword, they arrest him on the charge of bearing arms and drag him to Kotir. He fights them fiercely all the while. After struggling with him for a while, the soldiers manage to drag him to Verdauga's chamber, where the wildcat is laying in his bed, ill. Although Verdauga admires the mouse's courage and spirit. Tsarmina, however, expresses feelings of disgust, snaps the sword in two, leaving only the hilt hanging around Martin's neck, and throws him into one of Kotir's dungeons. Meanwhile, the carefree mouse Gonff, a thief who calls himself the Prince of Mousethieves, is making his way back from Kotir, where he has stolen food. Gonff is a member of CORIM, the Council of Resistance in Mossflower, which is an organization set up by the forest dwellers to fight Verdauga's tyranny. Gonff lets his guard down and manages to get himself captured by two of Kotir's soldiers. He is taken to the fortress and put in the same dungeon cell as Martin, where the two become friends. Gonff knows just how to escape the cell, and does so, taking Martin with him. They go straight to the headquarters of CORIM, the mansion home of a female badger called Bella of Brockhall. Martin is welcomed by the CORIM leaders, and he decides to help them with their mission. He befriends Lady Amber, the leader of the squirrel population, and Skipper of Otters, the chieftain of an otter tribe who dwells in nearby River Moss, along with many others. Gonff remains his best friend, along with a mole called Young Dinny. At Kotir, the ruthless wildcat Tsarmina poisons her father and accuses her kindly brother Gingivere of the murder. Gingivere is imprisoned, and Tsarmina is proclaimed the new Queen. She promptly embarks on a reign of terror. The woodland dwellers become more desparate than ever to overthrow the wildcats. Bella of Brockhall has convinced Martin that the only way to get rid of Tsarmina and her minions for good is to fetch her father, Boar of Brockhall, who is a formidable warrior. He dwells in an extinct volcano known as Salamandastron, a long journey from Mossflower. Martin agrees to make the journey, along with Gonff and Dinny. They set out immediately, but are followed for a good part of the journey by three of Tsarmina's bumbling soldiers. Along the way, they befriend a shrew called Log-a-Log, who assists them by letting them use his boat to travel on the river. They get lost inside a pitch-black mountain, where they are helped by some bats. At last they reach Salamandastron. If you want to find out what happens to the three friends, read "Mossflower," by Brian Jacques, one of the best books I've read to date.
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Summary: Two words - The Best...
Review: This is, to say the least, the best book I have read in my entire life. I'm an avid reader of Jacques, and I've read all of his books. I have also read many other authors' writing (Tolkien, namely) but none have matched the ingenious, enchanting story of Mossflower. A summary-
Mossflower is a story about a travelling warrior named Martin who happens upon a forest of woodlanders that are captivated by an evil family of wildcats! He does not know at first, and he passes through the borders of the kingdom. Seeing this, soldiers come from the castle (called Kotir) and try to stop him. He gives his all, but sheer strength in numbers defeat him. He is sent to prison in Kotir, hoping that maybe someday someone would set him free. When he gets out - I won't tell you how - he helps the woodlanders to try to defeat the evil cat warrior, Tsarmina. But Tsarmina has many fighters, and they are all trained, merciless, vermin. Can Martin and the woodlanders stop her? You'll see...in this wonderful tale
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Summary: Mossflower
Review: The book I read was called Mossflower by Brian Jacques. I liked the book because it was exciting and very adventures. A reason would be thatthe three friends Martin, Gonff, and Dinny the mole had to run from the kortir soldiers while tring to make it to Salamandastron to find the mighty Borh the warrior. The best part of the book was when the Woodlanders attacked the worriors of kortir army. The fight raged on on and off through the week. Near the end of the fight the woodlanders pushed the kortir army back and then celebrated their first victori. The most vivid part of the book would be the settings and the characters. You could always picture the setting in your mind. For example when the woodlanders where sneaking across the edge of the woods to make chibb the robin be a spy for them and then when martin the warrior went to the pond and the swan there ate one of the kortir soldiers and the others went fleeing for their life. Then for character you have the mask and how he dresses to look like different animals.
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Summary: The Adventure continue
Review: This is the action packed sequel to Martin the Warrior as well as a prequel to Redwall and it's squels. The story starts a few year after the events in Martin the Warrior. Martin is no an adult. Venturing into Mossflower woods he is captured by vermin solders. He is taken to Kotir where he meets the mean but nice wild cat Verdog Green Eyes. His cruel power hungry daughter Tasmara and his son Ginverel. The ancestor of Squire Julian Ginverel from Redwall. He is thrown in the dungen and during the ecounter Tsamra breaks martins father sword in half. Later during the night Green eyes dies from being posion buy her daughther. After Ginvere is locked up Martin loose hope. Vile Tsmara is rule she determine to establish and reign of death and terror. Later he meets after friend a funny plumb fat mosue name Gonff Prince of Mouse
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