The Rats of Acomar (Tales of the Mornmist) [Paperback]

Lynn Abbey (Author), Ed Greenwood (Author), Paul Kidd (Author), Robert J. King (Author), Terrie Smith (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2000

The first book by Paul Kidd in the exciting new shared-world series, "Tales of the Mornmist", created by Lynn Abbey (creator of "Thieves' World") and Ed Greenwood (creator of TSR's "Forgotten Realms" series), "The Rats of Acomar" tells of the bleak, broken wasteland of Acomar, where corrosive metal salts have poisoned the ground, and starvation keeps constant company with death. There, the Rats live... live and die. The bones of their bodies litter the waste, victims, devoured by their brethren, fallen in the endless battles fought over territory and food. The survivors are only the strongest, honed to a razor's edge by the constant struggle to survive... to live, to grow... to breed. In terror of the Rats, after a bloody war, the other races built the great wall, holding them back, keeping them imprisoned in the hellish waste that is Acomar. But with the rising of the Overlord, G'kaa, everything is changing. The clans are uniting, joining together under one massed banner, drenched in the

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About the Author

Paul Kidd is a prolific and well-known author and game designer, whose works are known and popular in many areas of the world. He has written many TSR novels, including "Mus of Kerbridge", "White Plume Mountain", "Council of Chiefs" and more. His books have spread into German Language editions. His latest novel prior to "The Rats of Acomar" was the epic "A Whisper of Wings" (highly recommended).

Product Details

• Paperback: 203 pages
• Publisher: Vision Entertainment; 1 edition (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887038051
• ISBN-13: 978-1887038058
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,607,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paul Kidd's on a roll..., January 18, 2001

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Louis Cardoza (Patuxent River, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rats of Acomar (Tales of the Mornmist) (Paperback)

After reading Paul Kidd's other new book, "A Whisper of Wings", I did a search here on Amazon and came up with The Rats of Acomar. After the delightful experience I had with Whisper, I picked this one up at Barnes & Noble, too. Talk about a slam-bam exciting storyline that grabs you in its teeth and runs! This book is the first in a new series, and if they're all half as good as this one, I suspect it'll be one of the best sellers ever. This series is sort of like, well, a really COOL version of Brian Jacques' Redwall series... but with ten times the excitement and none of the boring food fetish that chokes his books (and their readers) from stem to stern. This story has it all... action, adventure, humor, great villains, quirky heroes and a rich, detailed world. Paul Kidd really seems to have a talent for bringing characters to life, which is only helped by all of the full-page illustrations in the book! You just never see that in most books these days. As a matter of fact, Whisper, Paul Kidd's other novel, was the only other book I've seen with that sort of thing in my last five years of reading. This book, and Whisper, are the two best Paul Kidd books I have read since "Mus of Kerbridge", from TSR. I totally recommend this book. Five gold stars!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Entertaining Read, October 20, 2004

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LemurKat "LemurKat" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rats of Acomar (Tales of the Mornmist) (Paperback)

Another wonderful offering from the master of Furry fiction, Paul Kidd brings the two contrasting worlds of Acomar and the Mornmist to life. His stories are filled with personable characters, humour, excitement and also sorrow. Although not so much of the latter in this one as his excellent "Whisper of Wings". "Rats..." is a somewhat lighter read, and very entertaining.

In the desolate plains of Acomar we have the Itheem; rats - breeding, fighting, scavenging and living a brutal and cruel, and short, existence. Amongst these is warrior rat Ra'hish, a dedicated lone-rat, who suddenly finds himself having to look after a dozen youngsters. We also have the albino Oosha and her sister Teela, two young female rats determined to find a beauty in their desolate life. And G'Kaa, warlord, who dreams of leaving the wretched plains of Acomar and invading the beautiful valleys.

On the other side of the border wall we have the Uruth, the canines, keeping their land safe from the "goblin hoards" beyond the wall. One such character is Tupan, a lively and impulsive coyote that has left her wanderer roots and sought out civilisation. Her unwilling companions in her undying endeavours to "fix things" are the grim greyhound, Surolf, and his rather friendlier pony, Hern.

Together these two very different groups will be brought together in alliance, and find out that despite outward appearances, they are not really all that different.

All in all, another grand offering from Paul Kidd. Alas, the other "Mornmist" books appear to not exist (despite having titles and ISBN numbers), so it seems Vision books have evaporated. This is a pity, because I rather liked the world. The "Mornmist" was intended to be one of those "Shared worlds" with books by Elaine Cunningham (who wrote "Daughter of the Drow") amongst others. Alas. But at least they got the first one out

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, September 13, 2002

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Alyssa Manley (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rats of Acomar (Tales of the Mornmist) (Paperback)

In the broken wasteland of Acomar, a land teeming with starvation and death, the rat Itheem live. Their bones litter the waste, fallen in the endless battles over territory and food. In terror of the Itheem, the canine Uruth built the great wall to keep them imprisoned in Acomar. But with the rising of an overlord, G'Kaa, everything is changing. The Itheem clans are uniting, planning to take the lands of the other races. But what can a free-spirited coyote, Tupan, her greyhound companion Surolf, the pony Hern, and the rebal rat Ra'sish do to stop them? A very good read, simultainously exciting, sad, and laugh out loud funny. Terrie Smith's illustrations are excellent as well. :-)