Mass market paperback format. Highly recommended! A great way to start young readers (or old!) on this epic series of fantasy adventures.

The book that inspired a legendthe first novel in the bestselling saga of Redwall.

Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and abundance. All is welluntil a sinister shadow falls across the ancient stone abbey of Redwall. It is rumored that Cluny is comingCluny, the terrible one-eyed rat and his savage hordeCluny, who has vowed to conquer Redwall Abbey! The only hope for the besieged mice lies in the lost sword of the legendary Martin the Warrior. And so begins the epic quest of a bumbling young apprenticea courageous mouse who would rise up, fight backand become a legend himself.

The medieval world of Redwall Abbeywhere gallant mouse warriors triumph over evil invadershas truly become the stuff of legend.Seattle Post-Intelligencer