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Salamandastron (The Redwall Adventures #5)
Discover the magic and excitement of Redwall Abbey and the unforgettable creatures who live there...
"Redwall is my bolt hole, my escape from the modern world. I enjoy going to live there for four months of each year. I think my work appeals not only to children, but to the child within us all. Especially me " -- Brian Jacques
"Swashbuckling adventures told wi
...moreMass Market Paperback, 356 pages
Published
April 1st 1994
by ACE Books
(first published 1992)
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Okay, so there was the badger, I think, and he had some bloodlust, being a badger, and maybe his family died? And he set off on a great quest to defeat all the vermin overlords of the north? And then some hares showed up and were funny and ate everything and said "Wot" a lot (hares being the generally insatiable comic relief in these novels. Yes, they also speak in cockney), and there was probably a description of a feast that made me hungry and sad that I didn't live in the UK where ...more
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I'm giving all these books a 4, because they basically GOT me hooked on fantasy I think. I read all of these in elementary school, and still have fond memories floating around, even if the books are shit. Here's a review from my 10 year old mind. The rad legendary weapons, (with the channels etched in for blood flow, which i found super hardcore). The foods, the booze, honey mead and apple wine or whatever. Come to think of it, these books might also be a little responsible for my alcoholis...more
After venturing further into the fantasy genre, I picked up this book which had been in a box of books for many years. I remember reading part of it to my son about 10-yrs ago but we never finished it. Since I'm loathe to throw any books out without at least giving them a chance, I began a refresher of Salamandastron.
The book was first published in the UK and was written with a YA audience in mind but it was an entertaining read for me as well. It's part of the large Red Wall series ...more
The book was first published in the UK and was written with a YA audience in mind but it was an entertaining read for me as well. It's part of the large Red Wall series ...more
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The book Salamandastron may be long but its the name of the mountain fortress run by a badger lord named Urthstripe. The daughter of Urthstripe is Mara who goes out on a journey to escape the fort for a while while Ferhago the assassin and his son Klitch goes out to capture the fortress to get the badger's treasure. Meanwhile at Redwall a famous abbey for housing Martin the Warrior has a crazy little mischevious Samkin which found the sword which fell off the abbey being struck by lightning. He ...more
This was my first foray into the Redwall series, the armored badger on the cover look so awesome to 5th grade me that I picked it up without actually knowing what the premise was. I wasn't disappointed. For the rest of my schooling I'd pick up Jacques' books for what I'd know would be a fun read. His ability to give each 'race' such varied characterization and dialects tickled my worldbuilding fancy, and I've strove to write in a similar way when I work on my fantasy project. The books follow th...more
Thrugg and Dungle won my heart.
I didn't notice the main plotflow of the story for the most part (I have a habit of zoning out on books from time to time), but when I heard about the disease, Dryditch fever, my little ten-year-old mind went into a panic. I've always had a great fear about getting some kind of horrible incurable infectious disease, and Dryditch is just the kind of thing that got my little heart racing (I'm more worried about Ebola these days). Then of course Thrugg comes alo...more
I didn't notice the main plotflow of the story for the most part (I have a habit of zoning out on books from time to time), but when I heard about the disease, Dryditch fever, my little ten-year-old mind went into a panic. I've always had a great fear about getting some kind of horrible incurable infectious disease, and Dryditch is just the kind of thing that got my little heart racing (I'm more worried about Ebola these days). Then of course Thrugg comes alo...more
It was an absolute privilege to be taken along for the ride once again as Brian Jacques unwound one of his most memorable and moving tales yet, Salamandastron.
A book this good, and this full with glowingly wonderful story material, doesn't come along very often, yet it seems to happen each and every time that Brian Jacques endeavors to create a new novel. All of the characters in Salamandastron are beautifully formed and come etched in deep reality down to their very last thoug...more
A book this good, and this full with glowingly wonderful story material, doesn't come along very often, yet it seems to happen each and every time that Brian Jacques endeavors to create a new novel. All of the characters in Salamandastron are beautifully formed and come etched in deep reality down to their very last thoug...more
I love how Salamandastron abandons the pattern the first four books choose to follow. I think that's why it became one of my favorites right away. The way the story is told as a bedtime story to one of the dibbuns, it's rather clever. The pacing was also a lot more solid and I was always wondering how the good creatures of Salamandastron would protect their precious mountain from Ferahgo and his seemingly endless band of Corpsemakers. Definitely one of the best Redwall books so far, but I'm stil...more
Entertaining and a nice easy read.
I like the stories of Redwall, the plots are pretty good, but a few things about the series are starting to bother me. I'm kind of annoyed that weasels and foxes are ALWAYS the bad guys. Also getting tired of the "quaint mole-speech" and now the highland falcon/eagle speech in this book as it sometimes takes me awhile to translate what they're saying into proper English and it slows down the reading for me. The long drawn-out descriptions o...more
I like the stories of Redwall, the plots are pretty good, but a few things about the series are starting to bother me. I'm kind of annoyed that weasels and foxes are ALWAYS the bad guys. Also getting tired of the "quaint mole-speech" and now the highland falcon/eagle speech in this book as it sometimes takes me awhile to translate what they're saying into proper English and it slows down the reading for me. The long drawn-out descriptions o...more
Mara the badger, Martin the Warrior and Samkin the squirrel are the main heros of this story. Mara is strong and fears nothing. Martin the Warrior is a strong mouse who, like Mara, is afraid of not a thing. Unntil Ferhago the Assasin parades in. Once Martin discovers that Ferhago is heading toward Redwall Abbey, he will do nothing but try to get to his beloved homeland before the horride weasel. Will Martin defeat Ferhago? Or will Redwall Abbey be enslaved to Ferhago forever? This novel is great...more
The fifth Redwall novel, Salamandastron is the story of a badger maid, a blue-eyed ferret, and a plague at Redwall. Mara is a young badger maid who escapes her home, Salamandastron, and her overbearing adoptive father. As Mara begins her quest throughout Mossflower country, meeting up with Guosssom shrews and members from Redwall, Salamandastron falls under attack by a disarming, ruthless blue-eyed ferret. Meanwhile, a young squirrel named Samkim leaves Redwall in pursuit of the sword of Martin ...more
I have run out of steam for the Redwall series.
1- The characters are new in every book now, and there is very little attention paid to where each book falls in the chronology of Redwall Abbey's development. The reader spends a lot of time wondering who each creature is related to, when this story happened, etc. with no answer.
2- Brian Jacques talks about food too damn much. If I read one more line about Foremole's deep-n-ever beetroot pie, buttercup cream or strawberry cordial,...more
1- The characters are new in every book now, and there is very little attention paid to where each book falls in the chronology of Redwall Abbey's development. The reader spends a lot of time wondering who each creature is related to, when this story happened, etc. with no answer.
2- Brian Jacques talks about food too damn much. If I read one more line about Foremole's deep-n-ever beetroot pie, buttercup cream or strawberry cordial,...more
My first experience with Brain Jacques, and boy, the rumors were true!
Salamandastron offers:
1. A wonderfully detailed and absorbing atmosphere
2. A memorable cast of fun characters
3. Countless descriptions of meals and feasts. Jacques seems to suffer from some strange psychological compulsion that forces him to tell us what each and every character had for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the duration of the book.
Salamandastron offers:
1. A wonderfully detailed and absorbing atmosphere
2. A memorable cast of fun characters
3. Countless descriptions of meals and feasts. Jacques seems to suffer from some strange psychological compulsion that forces him to tell us what each and every character had for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the duration of the book.
Another great Redwall story. This book centers around activities outside the abby, for the most part. Although many of the characters originate in Redwall, they end up out and about. Great character development. I liked how the bad guys were a father and son and there was tension created between them.
Oh, and this book uses the hares of the long patrol. Can't get enough of them.
Oh, and this book uses the hares of the long patrol. Can't get enough of them.
"the mice of redwall have some badger muscle on their side"
of all the redwall books i've read, i have the fondest memories of this one in particular. although most of these novels followed a definite formula (intro, redwall abbey, battle, redwall abbey, battle, ...), this one introduced the readers to my favorite character in the redwall universe, the badge king (forgot his name). what i remember most was how jaques was able to describe the mannerisms of each of the diffe...more
of all the redwall books i've read, i have the fondest memories of this one in particular. although most of these novels followed a definite formula (intro, redwall abbey, battle, redwall abbey, battle, ...), this one introduced the readers to my favorite character in the redwall universe, the badge king (forgot his name). what i remember most was how jaques was able to describe the mannerisms of each of the diffe...more
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I love the badgers; what can I say? I've always had a weakness for the motherly or, in this case, fatherly, types in books. They're almost always my favorite character. The hares and badgers are two of my favorite species in these books, and this book focused on them a lot. I guess that's why I loved it so much.
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With all of Jacques's books, there's a lot of description and strong characters. Description was a little overdone in terms of bulking paragraphs of food details, which made focussing difficult. I feel like all that detail was unnecessary in those specific parts--I don't feel the need to read about the Nameday feast for two pages, where all I'm getting is food recipes. As per usual, Jacques's animal characters were fun and loveable. I'm a little disappointed that there are no "vermin" ...more
I thought it was awesome. The characters are cool, and he still has different plots everywhere with the different characters and then some of them meet up. I loved the deepcoiler and i think brian jacques should make more monsters.
This book was pretty good. I was afraid I'd start getting bored with the series, and I was a little at the beginning of this book, but it came around. The three different storylines all came together at the end, and for some reason the ending really got me. I'm not sure if I will give this series a rest for now or continue on, but I have enjoyed the first 5 books of the series.
These books are great. They all have the feel of medieval europe with the battles with swords and the like. I feel like these books are a great read for kids. Sure they're a bit violent, but then again kids can't to sheltered.
So today I'm planning on revisiting all the Jacques books I read as a kid. Anyway. Yes. Salamandastron is one of the best of the series. It has badgers in it, fucking badass badgers. And it made me cry. Oh my god ;_;
I love Brian Jacques work and Salamandastron is no exception. from the tipically goofy hares to the stoick badger lords and ladies the characters are interesting and very true to their forms.
I have forgotten the story but I remember I enjoyed reading about this iron clad furry creatures when I was a kid. Brain Jacques has written a whole bunch of these rodent adventure tales!
The time of the badger has come! I love the badgers in these novels, the way they quite literlly with a flick of the wrist send the evil weasels and foxes flying across the forest!
I continue to enjoy Jacques' Redwall books, but this one did seem a bit repetitive to me. Maybe, it's because I read it shortly after reading MARIEL OF REDWALL. Despite that, SALAMANDASTRON is a great adventure fantasy, full of action and battles.
Urgh. It's like Brian Jacques wrote one decent book, and then decided to write the same book again thirty times with different characters. Formulaic, full of stock characters, and not terribly interesting. Plus it irritates me that Jacques seems to think that good description consists of making interminable lists. This will probably be the last book I read in the Redwall series.
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(James) Brian Jacques was an English author, best known for his Redwall series of novels, as well as the Tribes of Redwall and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. He also completed two collections of short stories entitled The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns and Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales.
Brian Jacques died of a heart attack on February 5, 2011.
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