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Last week, on Feb­ru­ary 5, the lit­er­ary world lost a great con­trib­u­tor, a great sto­ry­teller: Brian Jacques, the author of the Red­wall series of nov­els and the Cast­aways of the Fly­ing Dutch­man books.

The Red­wall books earned Jacques his noto­ri­ety, and they tell the epic story of events in the world of Red­wall, mostly relat­ing to Red­wall Abbey, but often includ­ing the sur­round­ing coun­try. The world of Red­wall is filled with talk­ing ani­mals of all kinds, and involves the con­flicts and friend­ships between the dif­fer­ent groups. Their world is lush and vibrant and the char­ac­ters cover the whole spec­trum of ani­mals, both good and bad, with won­der­ful char­ac­ter­i­za­tion that directly relates to the dif­fer­ent types of animals.

Check out his books from our catalog:

Red­wall Series
1. Red­wall (1986)
2. Moss­flower (1988)
3. Mat­timeo (1989)
4. Mariel of Red­wall (1991)
5. Sala­man­das­tron (1992)
6. Mar­tin the War­rior (1993)
7. The Bell­maker (1994)
8. The Out­cast of Red­wall (1995)
9. The Pearls of Lutra (1996)
10. The Long Patrol (1997)
11. Marl­fox (1998)
12. The Leg­end of Luke (1999)
13. Lord Brock­tree (2000)
14. Tag­gerung (2001)
15. Triss (2002)
16. Loamhedge (2003)
17. Rakkety Tam (2004)
18. High Rhu­lain (2005)
19. Eulalia! (2007)
20. Doomwyte (2008)
21. The Sable Quean (2010)
22. The Rogue Crew (Com­ing in Spring 2011)

Red­wall Pic­ture Books
The Great Red­wall Feast (1996)
A Red­wall Winter’s Tale (2000)

The Red­wall Graphic Novel

Cast­aways of the Fly­ing Dutch­man
1. Cast­aways of the Fly­ing Dutch­man (2001)
2. The Angel’s Com­mand (2003)
3. Voy­age of Slaves (2006)

Misc
Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales (1991)
The Rib­ba­jack (2004)
Urso Brunov and the White Emperor (2008)

Have you read any of his books? Which are your favorites? Feel free to com­ment below.

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