Product Description

The fourteenth wonderful adventure in the best-selling Redwall series, reissued with a fantastic new cover look

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #154180 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-02
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Synopsis
The nomad clan of Sawney Rath can feel their fortunes changing, much for the better. The Mighty One, the next great leader, has been born within the walls of Redwall Abbey and, at any cost, Sawney Rath is determined to harness the power of this magnificent beast - the deadly Taggerung! A baby otter is kidnapped from Redwall by Sawney's ruthless band of villains called the Juska. They believe he is a Taggerung - a legendary animal said to have supernatural fighting skills. The young otter is raised by Sawney Rath as his own son and trained to be a ruthless killer, but the Redwall spirit cuts deep and as the Taggerung reaches adolescence he begins to dream of another life ...

From the Back Cover
Sawney Rath, ferret chief of the Juska tribe, and his ruthless band of villains kidnap a baby otter from Redwall to raise him as the Taggerung - a legendary animal said to have supernatural fighting skills. The young otter is trained to be a ruthless killer, but the Redwall spirit lies deep within him and as he grows older he begins to dream of another life . . .

About the Author
Brian Jacques was born and bred in Liverpool, where he lives today. At the age of fifteen he went to sea and travelled the world. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and playwright and now hosts his own programme, Jakestown, on Radio Merseyside. His bestselling Redwall books have captured readers all over the world and won universal praise.

Customer Reviews

good good good
I think that this has been one of the best books in the series. I really like the Redwall books and I have nearly the whole series. I liked it because 1. Otters have been my favorite Redwall characters since the bellmaker (which was the first book I read where I liked Finbarr Galedeep the one who slays Foxwolf) 2.The fact that everyone is terrified of Tagg aka Denya and 3. Because this was an exiting story that I found really good.
There was however one bad thing for me, I do not know why Tagg had to get his tattoos and his special birthmark removed!

My faviourte book.
Im not much of an intellectual when it comes to Reading books, I dont spend much of my time enjoying it, so this review comes from someone who probably dosent have much of an influential opinion.

I read the first page of this book at my school and thought.. hey this is actually alright so took it home to have a read, and it immersed me into the story straight away. Sawney raths persona is inspiring, he is a ruthless intelligent evil person, who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, which in this case is the taggerung.

He eventually finds the taggerung and slays taggerungs father. Sawney rath chooses to raise taggerung as his own, and although the taggerung is incredible agile and Strong, he chooses not to use his powers For wrong even though Sawney demands it.

I have not read any other book in the redwall series but, if any of the others are as brilliant as this one I will be picking it up any time soon.

A masterpiece.

Good, but not Redwall at its best
As an avid Redwall fan for many years, I had awaited this upcoming novel with great excitement. I was not intially disappointed, this is definitely a decent read, but certainly not a Redwall classic.

There is a good storyline, a young otter named Deyna is abducted by the evil Juskarath clan, while fifteen seasons later he runs away to seek his home of Redwall where his sister and mother still dwell. This had the potential to be great, but was flawed from the start.

Deyna's sister Mhera, was a decent emough heroine, although the outcome of her plot was revealed far too early. Her old friend Gundil, despite being one of the best characters, was pushed to the side to make way for highly annoying newcomer, Fwirl. There is ample comic relief provided by Boorab and Nimbalo, and although there are slightly too many songs, most of them are good.
The big downfall in this novel was a lack of a decent villain. Sawney Rath is quickly killed to make way for Gruven Zann, who is simply laughably pitiable. Eefera and Vallug Bowbeast are nastly, but you can't decide which one to hate more. The final bad guy, Ruggan Bor, is prety evil, but doesn't get his comeuppance at the end. Russano the Wise makes a cameo appearance, but like Floburt, Egbert and many others, he could have done with more characterisation. There are quite a few adult themes covered in this novel, Poskra the alcoholic, Nimbalo is abused by his father, Deyna is abducted and there is romance and insanity. All in all, a good read, but not one of Jacques best, and if you are a newcomer to Redwall, I suggest you look elsewhere first.