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In the world of Mouse Guard, mice struggle to live safely and
prosper amongst harsh conditions and a host of predators. Thus the
Mouse Guard was formed: more than just soldiers that fight off
intruders, they are guides for common mice looking to journey
without confrontation from one hidden village to another. The Guard
patrol borders, find safeways and paths through dangerous
territories and treacherous terrain, watch weather patterns, and
keep the mouse territories free of predatory infestation. They do
so with fearless dedication so that they might not just exist, but
truly live. Saxon, Kenzie and Lieam, three such Guardsmice, are
dispatched to find a missing merchant mouse that never arrived at
his destination. Their search for the missing mouse reveals much
more than they expect, as they stumble across a traitor in the
Guard's own ranks.
Welcome back to the world of mice in the third collected volume of
the Eisner Award-winning and critically acclaimed fantasy comic
series, Mouse Guard. This beautifully illustrated prequel to the
two previous volumes spins the tale of wise oldfur and longtime
Mouse Guard member Celanawe, as he fulfills the promise made to
young Lieam to detail the day his paw first touched the legendary
weapon, the Black Axe. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on
an adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters
and lands, all while unraveling the legend of Farrer, the
blacksmith who forged the mythical weapon.
Inside the June Alley Inn, located in the western mouse city of
Barkstone, mice gather to tell tales, each trying to outdo the
other. A competition, of sorts, begins. The rules: Every story must
contain one truth, one lie and have never been told in that tavern
before. With the winner getting his bar tab cleared, fantastic
stories are spun throughout the evening. Legends of the Guard is a
new Mouse Guard anthology series featuring the work of artists and
storytellers handpicked by series creator David Petersen, including
Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Alex Sheikman (Robotika), Ted
Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things), Gene Ha (Top 10),
Sean Rubin (Redwall), Guy Davis (B.P.R.D.), Katie Cook (Fraggle
Rock), Karl Kerschl (Teen Titans: Year One), Craig Rousseau
(Impulse), and Mark Smylie (Artesia).
In the Winter of 1152, the Mouse Guard face a food and supply
shortage threatening the lives of many mouse through a cold and icy
season. Some of the Guard's finest - Saxon, Kenzie, Lieam, and
Sadie, led by Celanawe, the legendary Black Axe - traverse the
snow-blanketed territories acting as diplomats to improve relations
between the mouse cities and the Guard, and find themselves on a
race against time to deliver crucial medicines. This is a winter
not every Guard may survive... Collects the second Mouse Guard
series by Russ Manning Award-winner David Petersen, with an
epilogue and bonus content.
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