Once planned by their author to be only a trilogy--and, before that, not intended for publication at all--the "Redwall" books by English radio personality Brian Jacques have blossomed into a nine-novel phenomenon with a growing fandom on both sides of the Atlantic. And there is currently no end in sight to the saga of Redwall Abbey and the continuing stories of its resident gentlebeasts. These fantasy novels feature a broad cast of anthropomorphized animals who follow the author's successful good-versus- evil formula that appeals to young and old readers alike. Jacques's heroes and heroines (mice, moles, hares, badgers, otters, squirrels, hawks, and the like) can be counted on to be brave, true, and kind, while the villains (rats, foxes, ferrets, snakes, weasels, and stoats) are always appropriately wicked, violent, and depraved and are dutifully defeated by the end of each novel, much to the reader's satisfaction. But if...