This is one of my reads novels to read.
I try to read it once a year.
I love the writing style and the characters, the mentions of food throughout the book is so tantalizing I dream of making them myself.

A classic. I grew up with these stories, and though this isn't my favorite book in the series by any means, I believe this sets up much of the deeper history of the Redwall universe.

Jacques delivers again!

I really liked this, but it had the same thing, well what happens about in all of them, is that a rescue party always comes at the last minute when it seems all is lost. but it was still one of the best because of all the previous stuff, i mean this was the first book i read, so of course it was amazing. but like this one,other books have a last minute rescue.

still WAY worth reading,
ben

Love these books so much. These little critters and their adventures are perfect for all ages.

The second book on my chronological rereading journey. Now, we learn of the early origins of Redwall's warrior, Martin.

After escaping from slavery, Martin journeys back to the fortress of Marshank to free his fellow slaves and take back his father's sword.

This book is about a mouse named Martin. He lives in a world were all "unworthy" animals are slaved to an animal overlord. Martin, like all of the other slaves hated this overlord and all of his followers. It is Martin's quest to escape his slavery with as many other animals as he can, and defeat the evil overlord. It is all up to Martin to save the slaves.
There are many external conflicts in this book. Many of them are Martin vs. the overlord or one of his followers. One of the more frequent ones is Martin vs. the fox slave keeper. The fox slave keeper is the one who is constantly challenging Martin. The fox usually whips one of Martin's friends. Or one of the many animals who, unlike Martin, are far too weak to fight back when challenged. Another one of the popular external conflicts is Martin vs. the overlord. They have conflicts for obvious reasons. One example is when the overlord must punish Martin for trying to free himself. The overlord gave Martin a huge punishment, one worse then the actual crime.
I would rate this book two stars because it was very boring to read. There was way too much description for the stupidest things. I do not want to read a page all about a leaf. I also rate it with two stars because it was hard to understand the dialog. The writer made the people speak in accents. It would take me forever to figure out what one of the animals with a Scottish accent was saying . I would not recommend this book to anyone because I did not enjoy it and I don't think anyone else will.

Another Redwall winner! Martin's backstory was fascinating, and really helped set the stage for the founding of Redwall Abbey.

As usual, the food and characters were stellar. Especially the villains - Jacques has such a knack for creating fearsome villains! I loved the struggle between Badrang and Clogg - it was both amusing and believable, these two blackguards were so well-formed and incorrigible!

The depth of animal tribes (and actor troops) was fascinating, and Noonvale really brought Martin's dream of Redwall to life - both why he wanted to create it and why he couldn't have stayed there.

My only minor complaint was that the map wasn't always clear with the descriptions, and I found myself incorrectly tracking the journey a few times - this has not happened in previous books.

I recommend this book to all fans of Redwall, fantasy, or just a regular ole GREAT story!

I really didn't anticipate getting choked up over the death of a mouse.

This was so fun.
Haven't read these books for over 20 years and I have never done a full cast audio.

I had so much nostalgia as the story took place and loved the way the story was told.

The story itself is a bit more YA then I am a fan of, these days. But this was such a nice change up and I'll listen to a few more across the year as pallete cleansers

See my review for Redwall. :)

In  Redwall, everyone knows of the famed Martin the Warrior, the founder and most valiant defender of Redwall Abbey. This is the story of how he came to be a legend. Martin is a fantastic character, and his adventures are enthralling.