Art by David Wyatt
The U.K. cover of Eulalia! has begun popping up in UK catalogues, along with another summary of the book. The summary is almost word-for-word what was included with the U.S. listings, but has a few alterations.
Lord Asheye of Salamandastron, now old and blind, has a prophecy: a new Badger Lord must take his place and reign over the legendary badger fortress. But who is this young warrior who ‘shuns both armour and sword’? And how is he to be found? Mad Maudie, a feisty haremaid of the Long Patrol, is just the one to do the job. Meanwhile, the unsuspecting future Badger Lord has been captured by an unscrupulous group of Sea Raiders led by the infamous fox, Vizka Longtooth, intent on conquering Redwall Abbey. It is up to our young badger hero to defend Redwall so that he may fulfill his destiny as leader of Salamandastron.
The biggest change is that it now tells us that Lord Asheye is blind.
The rest of the changes are really inconsequential– Mad Maudie is now the “one to do the job” rather than “the one to track him down”. The Sea Raiders are now “an unscrupulous group” rather than “a scurrilous group”. And “our young hero” becomes “our young badger hero”.
Eulalia! hits shelves October 4th. Stay tuned to the Newsline for more details.
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