Rakkety Tam, by Brian Jacques, is the thrilling story of two squirrels named Rakkety Tam Macburl and Wild Doogy Plum and their adventures. They were wandering around and looking for a home. One day, these two adventurers found the land ruled by the Squirrelking Aaraltum and Queen Idga. The Squirrelking and queen were recruiting soldiers in order to take over the lands surrounding their kingdom. Rakkety and Doogy decided to join the army because it seemed like an easy life as a soldier: There was lots of food and the homes were good. However, the Squirrelking and Queen were weak, pompous, and self centered. When the royal banner was stolen, the squirrel mercenaries were offered freedom if they could retrieve the banner. Rakkety and Doogy went out to search for the stolen banner. The banner were stolen by Gulo the Savage and his band of evil foxes. In the mean time, Gulo was searching for his brother, Askor who held a symbol of power: the Walking Stone. Gulo's army was heading to Redwall Abbey. It seemed that Rakkety and Doogy were on a collision course to Gulo's army. The two squirrels did not seem to have a chance to defeat Gulo's band of evil foxes even though Rakkety and Doogy were excellent fighters.
At this point of reading, I believe that somehow, the mercenaries will receive help to fight Gulo's army. Brian Jacques built the plot very well. There were multiple events happening at once, so that the reader could understand what was happening in every place: Gulo's armies camp, Redwall Abbey, and what the two squirrels were doing. All the books in this series (the Redwall series) end with a final confrontation, usually ending with the Redwallers winning. However, I think that this book may end up with lots of smaller battles.
There is an amazing variety of vivid characters: honest squirrels, fighting hares, caring mice, warlike otters, and evil foxes. There are even a few monks!
This book is full of suspense, partly due to the multiple events. When one important event is about to occur, Brian Jacques switches to another one. Overall, I believe this is an excellent book to read.
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