I hope they give their elders a chance to share the delights.'Ī well-known radio personality in his native Liverpool-as well as an actor, stand-up comic, and playwright-Brian Jacques is the host of 'Jakestown' on BBC Radio Merseyside. Newbery Award winner Lloyd Alexander called it 'a fine work, literate, witty, filled with the excitement of genuine storytelling. With the publication of his first children's book in 1987, the award-winning Redwall, Jacques' fresh talent has received exceptional praise from reviewers in the United States and England. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series.Ībout the Author 'I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc., to find success writing children's novels,' says Brian Jacques (pronounced 'Jakes'). Barron's Merlin saga, John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series, and J.

To face them, the two must rally an army-hares and otters, shrews and moles, mice and squirrels-and execute a plan that makes up in cleverness what it lacks in force! Perfect for fans of T. The young haremaid Dotti and the badger-warrior Lord Brocktree-unlikely comrades-set out for Salamandastron together, only to discover the legendary mountain has been captured by the wildcat Ungatt Trunn and his Blue Hordes. About the Book The mountain of Salamandastron needs the help of Brocktree the Badger Lord when evil comes in the form of the Blue Hordes of Ungatt Trunn, the Earth Shaker.īook Synopsis Soon to be a Netflix original series! The bestselling Redwall saga continues in Lord Brocktree.