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Excellent copy very well looked after. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Any lover of Brian Jacques Redwall stories will love this book Most of this book is typical Redwall stuff: The Redwallers have to crack six riddles to find each pearls, which they can use to pay off the ransom of their father abbot, who was captured by corsairs.
Meanwhile, an expedition lead by Martin II Mattimeo's son pursue the ship carrying the abbot to emperor Ublaz's palace on the island of Sampetra. But what brings this book up to top standard is the appearance of Grath Longfletch, my favourite character!!! From the moment she appears, the book takes an immediate turn for the good! A sharpshooter with the longbow, Grath lays masses of wermin down with her green-plummed arrows.
She has sworn vengence to those which killed her family; she also plays a large part in Martin's plan to defeat Ublaz. In the end, she goes off to live with her love Inbar Trueflight at the otter haven of Ruddaring Hooray!!! Pearls of Lutra is a must-read book if you love otters like me! This has got to be the most skilful and vivid book in all of Brian Jacques amazing 'Redwall' adventures.
From the minute I picked it up I was really hooked. The perfect blend of laughter, tragedy, adventure and nail-biting suspense, together with a cleverly twisted ending, makes this - in my opinion - one of the best adventure stories ever written. The book does, however, differ slightly from the other books in the series. There is a slight undertone of menace and bitterness, woven subtly into the storyline through the unique characters.
The otter fashions a powerful bow and a quiver of green-fletched arrows, with which she planned on wreaking her revenge. She eliminates a longboat-crew of searats and then takes their boat southward into Mossflower, where she hopes to find the corsairs that slew her family. Presently, Conva's brother Barranca discovers that Ublaz has killed his brother, and he begins hatching a plan to overthrow the pine marten and take the island for himself.
With the fearsome Lask and his lizards gone to Mossflower, Barranca decides to seize his chance.
Back at Redwall, the old bankvole recorder Rollo determines that the skeleton in the quarry was Graylunk. He had become gravely injured in a fight with the weasel Flairnose, whom he killed, over the pearls before seeking safety at Redwall. There he befriended an old squirrel called Sister Fermald before he went off to die in the woods. Fermald, a clever, though senile old beast, had expertly hidden the pearls throughout the abbey before passing away several seasons ago.
Tansy, Rollo, and Martin II, along with the hedgehog maid's friends Craklyn the squirrel and Piknim the mouse, begin a search for the six exquisite pearls.
The Dibbun Arven and his two partners in crime, the moles Diggum and Gurrbowl, occasionally help in the search. Lask binds the Abbot and the bankvole and attempts to ransom them for the pearls at Redwall. However, the pearls have not yet been found, and Lask and his lizards take the two Redwallers back to their ship to be captives at Sampetra. Martin, Clecky, Gerul, and the Skipper of Otters pursue the lizards through Mossflower, slaying several but failing to rescue the captives.
Gerul and Skipper become wounded and are sent back to the Abbey, but the others chase the lizards to the western shore. Durral manages to help Viola get to safety on the shore, but the ship departs before he can escape. Viola is sent back to Redwall with two shrews to guide her, and Grath, Clecky, Martin, and the Log-a-Log's two sons use discarded vermin boats to form the Freebeast , a double-outrigger vessel in which they pursue Lask to Sampetra.
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Viola, who has sneaked aboard, also ends up coming along. On Sampetra, Barranca has been slain by Rasconza, a clever fox corsair who takes over the rebellion against Ublaz. Initial attempts at negotiation fail, due to the double-dealing of the pair, and when Ublaz tries to have Rasconza assassinated, Sampetra is plunged into all-out war. Ublaz's trident-rats, led by his general Sagitar, desert him and switch to Rasconza's side, but they are unable to take Ublaz's fortress, which is still held by his monitor lizards. Under siege, Ublaz decides to hold out until Lask Frildur returns with reinforcements.
In the search for the six pearls, the Redwaller friends slowly but surely find them all, though not without paying the price. The young mouse Piknim ends up being slain by the cruel jackdaws at St. Ninian's while searching for a pearl. The church is burnt down to prevent evil-doers from ever using it again it had been used as a base by Redwall's enemies twice before in Redwall and Mattimeo , and the search resumes, with all the pearls eventually being found.
Martin, Grath and their friends closely follow Romsca and Lask across the ocean, and end up meeting the otters of Holt Ruddaring along the way. Beautiful color illustrated cover with French flaps.
Paperback Editions
All corners very pointed and binding tight, without stress creases and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked and very clean, glossy and bright. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed. Binding tight, pages clean.
No previous owner names. Some light wear to jacket. Used book in very good condition. Some cover wear, may contain a few marks. Ex-library with the usual stamps. Illustrated in line by Allan Curless. Ninth epic in the Redwall series of Chronicles.
A heavy book which may require extra postage. New York, January 27, Very Good Very Good. A very clean, tight copy. Monroe Street Books Published: January 27, Condition: Very Good Very Good Edition: New York, NY, U.
The Pearls Of Lutra by Jacques, Brian
DJ very minor shelfwear, cover artist Troy Howell.. Books Past and Present Published: Slight edgewear to the top edge of the dustwrapper. Tansy, a young hedgehog working as a maid at Redwall Abbey discovers a skeleton in Mossflower Woods, and tries to solve the riddle of the 6 missing pearls before Mad Eyes, the evil marten does. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Very Good Condition Edition: Used book in good condition. Has wear to the cover and pages. Contains some markings such as highlighting and writing.
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