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Chapters (64)
  1. CAPTURED!
  2. Other Books
  3. Title Page
  4. Map
  5. Introduction
  6. BOOK ONE
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. 5
  12. 6
  13. 7
  14. 8
  15. 9
  16. 10
  17. 11
  18. 12
  19. 13
  20. 14
  21. 15
  22. 16
  23. 17
  24. 18
  25. 19
  26. 20
  27. 21
  28. 22
  29. 23
  30. 24
  31. 25
  32. BOOK TWO
  33. 26
  34. 27
  35. 28
  36. 29
  37. 30
  38. 31
  39. 32
  40. 33
  41. 34
  42. 35
  43. 36
  44. 37
  45. BOOK THREE
  46. 38
  47. 39
  48. 40
  49. 41
  50. 42
  51. 43
  52. 44
  53. 45
  54. 46
  55. 47
  56. 48
  57. 49
  58. 50
  59. 51
  60. 52
  61. 53
  62. 54
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  64. What’s next onyour reading list?

“Kaah! It is the rooks and the magpie brothers, my General. They have barred themselves within the dormitory room and will not come out.”

“Now what has got into those duckbrained idiots?” Ironbeak snorted.

“They say that the head of the ghost mouse appeared to them last night, and it warned them to stay in the dormitory room.”

The raven leader struck his powerful beak sideways against a stone. The noise it made surprised Mangiz.

“Kaahagga! Then I must go and talk to them!”

Mangiz followed the General at a respectable distance. He did not like the way Ironbeak had said the word “talk.”

The raven perched in the broken window space of the dormitory room; his seer crow sat upon the grass, listening intently.

“Kaah! So, my fighters, you have been listening to the ghost mouse again. What did it have to say this time?”

Apart from a few muffled caws, there was no clear reply. Ironbeak dug his claws into the woodwork of the window frame.

“Kraa! You do not choose to speak to your leader. Then I will come in and speak to you.”

He hopped down and vanished inside the dormitory. Mangiz hunched up, closing his eyes as he listened to the awful sounds of birds screeching and beds being upset. He couldn’t see the feathers which flew out of the dormitory window.

“Yaggah! Who gives the orders, a mouse’s head or Ironbeak? I am in command here. Get out! Out, you worthless rabble!”

Rooks and magpies poured out of the window, struggling against each other to get through the enclosed space. Mangiz winced at the savage sounds of his General dealing out fierce punishment. Not for nothing was he known as the most feared fighter in the northlands.

49

The great sword of Redwall disappeared into the green mists of the abyss. Matthias scrabbled furiously as he rolled over the brink of the ledge, his paws grabbing automatically for anything that would check his headlong plunge. It was the rope which the basket had been lowered down on that saved him. He seized it wildly but was unable to grasp it firmly and he began sliding downwards, the rock face of the chasm passing him in a blur. The Wearet leapt up and began immediately hacking at the rope.

Bellowing aloud, Orlando charged at the head of the woodlanders. Rats went down before the great battleaxe like corn to the scythe. With Basil and the others facing outwards, guarding his sides and the rear, the Warrior of the Western Plain fought his way through. Too late. The last strands of the rope twisted and shredded, to snap under the blade of the spear. Matthias was gone.