a plan to escape. They eventually escape with the help of the Snakefish, who wreaks havoc among the toads. The group reaches the beach. They trek through the sand, attacked by birds. Deprived from food and water, they witness gulls kill a rat. They stay at the rat's hut, and continue the next day, with Salamandastron very near. The companions reach Salamandastron with the help of a few hares, and meet with Boar the Fighter. Boar introduces them to the hares that live in the mountain, and then reforges Martin's broken sword with metal from a meteorite, but is killed while fighting his mortal enemy Ripfang the searat who had attacked Salamandastron several times before. Ripfang's former oarslaves and several members of Log a Log's former tribe take over the sea rat ship, Bloodwake, with help from Martin and his allies. They return to Mossflower Woods, where Martin kills Tsarmina and destroys Kotir by both flooding it and knocking over its walls with a ballista. In the final battle with Tsarmina, Martin is left near death. With the help of the woodlanders, he eventually recovers, but his memory is never the same thereafter, as evidenced in The Legend of Luke. The book ends with Bella's son, Sunflash, finding Salamandastron and becoming its ruler. Characters in Mossflower Martin the Warrior Gonff the Mousethief Tsarmina Greeneyes Bella of Brockhall Gingivere Young Dinny Brogg Old Dinny Abbess Germaine Boar the Fighter Skipper the Otter Lady Amber Captain Cludd Fortunata Verdauga Greeneyes Sunflash the Mace Splitnose Blacktooth Thicktail Ratflank Lord Cayvear Marshgreen Scratch the Weasel Mask Deathcoil Whipscale Scragg Squint Snakefish Reception Publishers Weekly described the book as "rousingly old-fashioned", and stated that fans of Redwall would enjoy it. Kirkus Reviews praised Jacques' ability to skillfully switch between multiple plot strands and characters without confusion, as well as his well-individualized characters. However, they also commented on the simplicity of the book's philosophy. Translations (Dutch) Het Moswoud Het Moswoud: De Koningin van Duizend Ogen Het Moswoud: De Weg Naar de Vuurberg Het Moswoud: De Afrekening (Finnish) Sammalkukkametsän Sota (French) Rougemuraille : Martin le guerrier La Reine aux yeux multiples La Montagne de feu Le Retour triomphal. (German) In den Fängen der Wildkatze Mossflower Kotir: die Burg des Schreckens (Italian) Fior Muschiato (Norwegian) Moseblom (Swedish) Mossblomma (Russian) Котир: Война с Дикой Кошкой (Spanish) Mossflower (Latvian) Ķērpjziedu zeme - Leģenda par Mārtinu Karotāju Ķērpjziedu zeme: Kotīra Ķērpjziedu