Book summary -
The badger, Gorath and his grandparents were living a hard but peaceful
life in the Northen Isles until one day, the golden-furred pirate fox
Captain Vizka Longtooth and his crew arrived at their door. The vermins
destroyed Gorath's home, murdered his kinbeasts, took him captive
aboard their ship, the Bludgullet. His brow is forever scarred
by Vizka's cruel mace-and-chain, which had knocked him out. Hearing
that his kinbeasts were murdered, Gorath silently promises to avenge
their deaths and vows revenge on the pirates.
Meanwhile, a young haremaid named "Mad Maudie" (the Hon.) Mugsberry
Thropple of Salamandastron is sent by Lord Asheye to search for a
badger with the flame on his brow to succeed the aging Badger Lord. She
teams up with the GUOSIM (Guerilla Union of Shrews in Mossflower). With
Gruntan Kurdly and his crew of savage Brownrats on their tail, she must
be quick, clever, and resourceful.
At Redwall, a young hedgehog named Orkwil Prink is caught stealing
again. Wise Abbot Daucus banishes him from the Abbey for one season,
where he gets captured by the Bludgullet 's crew. He unlocks
Gorath's chains, being an expert thief, and they escape. The two
journey back to Redwall to save it from Vizka Longtooth and the Sea
Raiders and Gruntan Kurdly's Brownrats.
