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Legends of Tira-Nor #2
Runt the Hunted
The sly rat warrior Kreeg and his alliance of cutthroats is poised to destroy the underground mouse city of Tira-Nor, yet JaRed son of ReDemee, Runt, can not deliver warning of the danger because the mad king has thrust him into exile.
303 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2006
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Daniel Schwabauer
18 books219 followersDaniel Schwabauer, ThD, teaches English at MidAmerica Nazarene University and writes award-winning fantasy and science fiction novels. He earned an MA in creative writing under science fiction legend James Gunn and completed his doctoral work in semiotic theology with Leonard Sweet. He lives in Olathe, Kansas, with his wife and dogs.
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December 18, 2025
Just great.
July 3, 2010
This book was absolutely astounding! This is the tale of HOW JaRed became king of the mouse-city, Tira-Nor, although I mentioned in my review of the first book that there was already an heir to the throne! How will that come about?
The answer to that and much more lays in the second book of Daniel Schwabauer's wonderful series!
Some time after the exciting legendary Battle of JaRed's Fang (Book 1), Jared gets exiled for treason against King SoSheth--He travels into the Dark Forest, for there is an ambush waiting for him at the Northern Meadows, where he originally planned to go.
As soon as JaRed set paw in the Dark Forest, trouble begins. Captured by the clever and ruthless rat Kreeg, he is thrust into a dungeon with another mouse from Tira-Nor--and uncovers a plot to capture the mouse city!
How will JaRed save the city THIS time?
At first I thought, when I read the back cover, that this book would be too much like the Redwall books--but I'm SO glad it wasn't! I got bored of the Redwall books, but THIS one had me hooked from the first sentence!!!! I simply cannot wait for the third book to come out!
Daniel Schwabauer is a magical wordsmith; in what otherwise would be a poorly-construed sentence, he rewrites it until it sounds just right! With his words I can get a crystal-clear picture of the whatever he is describing! He is a word master! I hope to be like him someday.
The only thing I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE about this book...
IS THAT HE MAKES SUCH GOOD CHARACTERS AND THEN GETS RID OF THEM!!!!!
I won't tell you WHO though! I guess that is just another sign of the amazing author he is--I got SO attached to all the characters! I LIVE IN ANTICIPATION OF READING THE THIRD BOOK!
The answer to that and much more lays in the second book of Daniel Schwabauer's wonderful series!
Some time after the exciting legendary Battle of JaRed's Fang (Book 1), Jared gets exiled for treason against King SoSheth--He travels into the Dark Forest, for there is an ambush waiting for him at the Northern Meadows, where he originally planned to go.
As soon as JaRed set paw in the Dark Forest, trouble begins. Captured by the clever and ruthless rat Kreeg, he is thrust into a dungeon with another mouse from Tira-Nor--and uncovers a plot to capture the mouse city!
How will JaRed save the city THIS time?
At first I thought, when I read the back cover, that this book would be too much like the Redwall books--but I'm SO glad it wasn't! I got bored of the Redwall books, but THIS one had me hooked from the first sentence!!!! I simply cannot wait for the third book to come out!
Daniel Schwabauer is a magical wordsmith; in what otherwise would be a poorly-construed sentence, he rewrites it until it sounds just right! With his words I can get a crystal-clear picture of the whatever he is describing! He is a word master! I hope to be like him someday.
The only thing I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE about this book...
IS THAT HE MAKES SUCH GOOD CHARACTERS AND THEN GETS RID OF THEM!!!!!
I won't tell you WHO though! I guess that is just another sign of the amazing author he is--I got SO attached to all the characters! I LIVE IN ANTICIPATION OF READING THE THIRD BOOK!
September 19, 2016
First read: November 10, 2012
Runt the Hunted carries off... not quite where Runt the Brave left off. Whereas JaRed was a hero at the end of Brave, Hunted starts off with JaRed Ratbane being arrested. And it pretty much blazes on from there.
I don't like rodent stories. (Well, Time Stops for No Mouse was cute. And I'm an honorary Rescue Ranger. But I'm not a Redwall/Mistborn fan.) Neither do I usually like stories taken from the Bible. They're just not usually done well, especially big characters like David.
But... Runt.
Basically this book crushed my heart. It wasn't a teary sort of crushing, like my favorite books - Ptolemy's Gate or Deathly Hallows or, Heaven Forbid, the End of Time (Umber, not the Doctor) - but... still. At the end...
BAH. Emotional. It suffered from maybe one or two extra POV shifts, but it ultimately worked. It worked enough to turn me into a grimacing, almost-book-throwing little madwoman.
HaRed is best mouse warrior.
Second read: September 19, 2016
Runt the Hunted carries off... not quite where Runt the Brave left off. Whereas JaRed was a hero at the end of Brave, Hunted starts off with JaRed Ratbane being arrested. And it pretty much blazes on from there.
I don't like rodent stories. (Well, Time Stops for No Mouse was cute. And I'm an honorary Rescue Ranger. But I'm not a Redwall/Mistborn fan.) Neither do I usually like stories taken from the Bible. They're just not usually done well, especially big characters like David.
But... Runt.
Basically this book crushed my heart. It wasn't a teary sort of crushing, like my favorite books - Ptolemy's Gate or Deathly Hallows or, Heaven Forbid, the End of Time (Umber, not the Doctor) - but... still. At the end...
BAH. Emotional. It suffered from maybe one or two extra POV shifts, but it ultimately worked. It worked enough to turn me into a grimacing, almost-book-throwing little madwoman.
HaRed is best mouse warrior.
Second read: September 19, 2016
January 12, 2015
Again a very good read and great sequel, just as good as the previous book. I really like the analogy of the David of the Bible. All of the characters seem so real, the only problem with that being that so many of them end up dying. Which is good in it being realistic, but.... the poor characters! Why do they have to live in a real world when they don't?
Even the first sentence in the book is fantastic "They waited until after sunset to arrest him." It begins with action and continues with it for the rest of the book.
Even the first sentence in the book is fantastic "They waited until after sunset to arrest him." It begins with action and continues with it for the rest of the book.
May 26, 2015
I could barely put this book down, the writing is excellent and the story gripping and fast paced. It begins at a run and keeps it up all the way through. It's a very interesting read and very insightful. The analogy is great, I'll never be able to think of King David again without a thought for JaRed. The book did a great job of continuing on the story from Runt the brave. Again I would recommend this to anyone.
I can hardly wait to read 'The Curse of the Seer'.
I can hardly wait to read 'The Curse of the Seer'.
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