The Rogue Crew

The Rogue Crew is the 22nd novel of the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, released on 3 May 2011. It is the final novel of the series due to Jacques' death on 5 February 2011.[2]

The Rogue Crew
UK first edition cover
AuthorBrian Jacques
IllustratorSean Rubin
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRedwall
GenreFantasy novel
Publication date
3 May 2011[1]
Media typePrint (Hardback)
ISBN978-0-399-25416-1
Preceded byThe Sable Quean 

Plot

After a defeat at the hands of the Rogue Crew, Razzid Wearat's seer, Shekra, tells him of Redwall Abbey, a place that he can plunder easily. He sets course for it, killing all who stand in his way.

Meanwhile, at Redwall Abbey, the young hedgehog Uggo Wiltud is punished for stealing (and eating) a cake. He has a dream of the Wearat's ship coming up the path to the gate, and sets out with Jum Gurdy, the otter cellardog, to make sure that the ship isn't coming.

Uggo gets captured while fishing, and is taken to a vermin lair. He meets another hedgehog, Posybud, and they escape their captors with the help of Jum Gurdy and some seals. However, Jum Gurdy is lost at sea, and the two hedgehogs are captured by the crew of the Greenshroud. They escape, again with the seal's help, and meet the Fortunate Freepaws, who are camped in the path of the ship!

Skor Axehound and Rake Nightfur hear about the Wearat, and after a long time trying to find each other, they team up (along with Jum Gurdy, who is NOT dead) to kill off the Wearat and his horde once and for all. Meanwhile, the Wearat wreaks havoc on land, killing otters and Guosim shrews, all the time making his way to Redwall.

Skor Axehound has a young son Swiffo, who does not care for weapons and, against his father's will, joins the Fortunate Freepaws. He directs them into a swamp, delaying the Greenshroud's movement. The hares that are in the Long Patrol, as well as the otters of the Rogue Crew, try to outdo one another, until Kite Slayer (an otter of the Rogue Crew) finds that there are differences between them, but in order to overcome this together, they all need to look past them.

Shekra stumbles across Drogbuk Wiltud. They take him aboard the Greenshroud hoping to get directions to Redwall, until finally Skor meets up with the Wearat's crew and Drogbuk leaps overboard. Swiffo, Uggo, Posy, the rest of the Rogue Crew and Long Patrol, and some Gousim that survived, wander through a forest, fighting off foxes and "snakes" and they find the hedgehog and give him a good bath, making him lose all of his spikes. Swiffo later gets killed by a vermin fox who has poison darts when they are closer to the Abbey.

When the Greenshroud is within sight of Redwall, Dibbun babies spot it from the top of a tower, and when their caretaker comes to get them she notices the green-sailed ship on its way. She warns the Abbot, while Skor and Rake find their way there. When they arrive, the Wearat is defeated by Jum Gurdy, the otter cellardog, and Posybud, a young hedgehog. The vermin crew are slain.

References
  1. The Rogue Crew, Redwall Series, Brian Jacques (9780399254161) Hardcover - Barnes & Noble
  2. "Redwall author Brian Jacques dies aged 71". BBC News. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-2-7.
Preceded by
The Sable Quean		 Redwall Series
(publication order)		 Succeeded by
Final in series


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