Found...and Lost

Mattimeo and the slaves make their first attempt to escape, valiantly led by Tess Churchmouse, and Mattimeo takes another short step towards his birthright of leadership. Matthias is now hot on their trail. With the badger and hedgehog reinforcements, he discovers Scurl who, in exchange for his life, gives him accurate directions toward Slagar and the slaves.

At Redwall Abbey, Baby Rollo unravels the dream clue, and the Redwall Company follows the little folk- the ants- and so begins its own strange journey of pursuit, which leads it to more cryptic clues, which it struggles to solve. Something in the riddle will help it to help Matthias in pursuit of its young ones. The Past and the Present move towards a combined destiny, but what?

As Mattimeo and company hide from Slagar, Matthias and his companions approach the very gorge where Slagar secretly awaits them. As they enter a cave carefully baited with slave tracks, Slagar triumphantly causes a landslide, which buries them- along with all hopes of rescue.

Matthias, Cornflower, Constance the Badger, Basil Stag Hare, Mattimeo, Tess Churchmouse, Orlando the Axe, Auma, Slagar the Cruel, General Ironbeak