Welkin Weasels (4): Gaslight Geezers

Nov 24, 2024 3:42 AM

Author:Garry Kilworth

Montagu Sylver - a descendant of the famous outlaw, Sylver - is a famous weasel detective, intent on solving mysteries. Can he ferret out the truth when he learns that the anarchist Spindrick plans to blow everyone to smithereens with a fiendish bomb? Or find a lemming prince who vanishes almost as soon as he sets paw on Welkin soil?

From rat-controlled sewers, to the fog-shrouded docks and a banner-strewn battlefront in the north, Monty is soon on the trail, aided and abetted by his trusty weasel companions. But time is running out - especially when the corrupt Sheriff Falshed trumps up a charge against Monty and he is suddenly a fugitive from the law...

Set in a gloriously witty semi-Victorian world, GASLIGHT GEEZERS is a fast and furious animal fantasy tale that begins a new cycle of adventures for the weasels of Welkin.

Reviews

A hugely entertaining story with wonderful illustrations, too.

—— Julia Eccleshare , Lovereading4Kids

A cracking fantasy-tinged Wild West yarn...hot stuff

—— Financial Times

A constant hit ever since Martin the Warrior first took up arms against his foes

—— Scotsman

There are quests and riddles; cunning treachery and chivalric derring-do; and, in a feature that became a hallmark of the entire series, groaning boards spread with sumptuous feasts, lovingly described

—— New York Times

The combination of a completely imagined world full of domestic detail...with a strongly created mythology to underpin them, big-scale plots and Jacques's rolling prose quickly turned Redwall into a leading international brand in children's books

—— Guardian

Written long before Harry Potter and Twilight burst into the mainstream, Jacques's Redwall series offered up endless adventure and complex, sympathetic characters

—— Boston Globe

The Tales of Redwall, adventurous battles between good and evil set in a world of mice and squirrels and foxes, have captured the imaginations of millions of children (and adults) across the globe

—— Scotsman

The Knights of the Round Table with paws

—— Sunday Times

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