![]() ![]() Predators from outside the mice-controlled territories - snakes, weasels and crabs - lurk through the pages of Mouse Guard, but the real threat comes from within. The book centers on three mice - Lieam, Saxon and Kenzie - that, as members of the Guard, function as “escorts, pathfinders, weather watchers, scouts and body guards for the mice who live among the territories.” The story is epic, the characters larger-than-life, but the scope is scaled down, literally, to the size of mice. Casual and devoted readers are left sifting through a glut of trilogies and “cycles” in the form of books like doorstops, each accompanied by a map of some imaginary world.ĭavid Petersen’s debut, Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, has a map, but its similarities to the cartographic-fetishists of fantasy end there. It’s the same in any medium: it’s hard to find the true talents amidst the countless pretenders to the throne, resulting in stagnation instead of innovation. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is the standard-bearer in the realm of fantasy fiction, so it’s no surprise that many authors working in the genre try to imitate the laboriously detailed world of Middle Earth. ![]()
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