High Rhulain

Brian Jacques

Feb 2008 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Brian Jacques and A Full Cast

About this audiobook

With millions of copies in print, the New York Times bestselling Redwall series from beloved, award-winning
author Brian Jacques has captivated children and adults all over the world. In this riveting adventure tale, the otters
of Green Isle await their prophesized savior, the High Rhulain.

At Redwall Abbey, a young ottermaid named Tiriah Wildlough longs for the glory of a warrior’s life, much to
her father’s disapproval. But when a wounded osprey brings news of the besieged otters of Green Isle—tormented
by wildcat chieftain Riggu Fellis and his dreaded catguard slave masters—Tiriah knows what she must do. She must
brave the Great Western Sea to join forces with the leader of the embattled otters.

Jacques and his own dramatic company deliver a fully voiced performance of this breathtaking story, creating
unforgettable personalities for all the remarkable creatures

About the author

Brian Jacques was born in Liverpool, England on June 15, 1939. After he finished St. John's School at the age of fifteen, he became a merchant seaman and travelled to numerous ports including New York, Valparaiso, San Francisco, and Yokohama. Tiring of the lonely life of a sailor, he returned to Liverpool where he worked as a railway fireman, a longshoreman, a long-distance truck driver, a bus driver, a boxer, a police constable, a postmaster, and a stand-up comic. During the sixties, he was a member of the folk singing group The Liverpool Fishermen. He wrote both poetry and music, but he began his writing career in earnest as a playwright. His three stage plays Brown Bitter, Wet Nellies, and Scouse have been performed at the Everyman Theatre. He wrote Redwall for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, where he delivered milk as a truck driver. His style of writing is very descriptive, because of the nature of his first audience, for whom he painted pictures with words, so that they could see them in their imaginations. After Alan Durband, his childhood English teacher, read Redwall, he showed it to a publisher without telling Jacques. This event led to a contract for the first five books in the Redwall series. He also wrote the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. He died on February 5, 2011.