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Welkin Weasels #6
Heastward Ho!
Another rip-roaring fantasy adventure in the Welkin Weasels series.
The latest tale in the bestselling Welkin Weasels series and the third thrilling adventure involving Montegu Sylver.
Montegu Sylver, the famous weasel detective, is off to the East. Someone has stolen the priceless jade shoes of the Green Idol of the god Ommm, and the Great Pangolin of Far Kathay has asked Monty for his help. From the moment Monty and his friends set paw on a steamship bound for the land of Eggyok, they face a hazardous journey -- trekking across the desert, along the Silk Road to the roof of the world, and sailing up the Yingtong River. And with Spindrick planning to put deadly weapons in every paw and claw, and the stoat Falshed hot on his tail, Monty must move fast. But things really get out of paw when Monty comes whisker to whisker with his old adversary, the evil lemming Sveltlana.
The latest tale in the bestselling Welkin Weasels series and the third thrilling adventure involving Montegu Sylver.
Montegu Sylver, the famous weasel detective, is off to the East. Someone has stolen the priceless jade shoes of the Green Idol of the god Ommm, and the Great Pangolin of Far Kathay has asked Monty for his help. From the moment Monty and his friends set paw on a steamship bound for the land of Eggyok, they face a hazardous journey -- trekking across the desert, along the Silk Road to the roof of the world, and sailing up the Yingtong River. And with Spindrick planning to put deadly weapons in every paw and claw, and the stoat Falshed hot on his tail, Monty must move fast. But things really get out of paw when Monty comes whisker to whisker with his old adversary, the evil lemming Sveltlana.
389 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 3, 2003
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About the author
Garry Kilworth
224 books118 followersGarry Douglas Kilworth is a historical novelist who also published sci-fi, fantasy, and juvenile fiction.
Kilworth is a graduate of King's College London. He was previously a science fiction author, having published one hundred twenty short stories and seventy novels.
Kilworth is a graduate of King's College London. He was previously a science fiction author, having published one hundred twenty short stories and seventy novels.
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August 28, 2021
The fact I polished this book off in a single day should be pretty strong evidence that this is, comfortably, the best Welkin Weasels story. Mostly a cross-continental journey very much in the vein of Around the World in Eighty Days, with a little Lawrence of Arabia sprinkled in, this final Welkin tale has all the strengths of the series with a bare minimum of the weaknesses.
It's inventive, it's witty, it's laden with fun references - this edition complete with a list of most of them at the end - there's only a couple of brief gruesome moments that do little to trouble a very consistent tone, two smaller threads alongside the main one help ensure the pace stays brisk and fluid with hardly any padding or hand-holding, and there's some real spirit, and even touches of emotion. True, the ultimate fates of two of the recurrent antagonists aren't terribly satisfying, for different reasons, but others get better ones, and the characters in general are the best they've been. An entertaining and pretty satisfying read.
Overall, the Welkin Weasels books are highly variable in quality, sometimes good, sometimes great, often underwhelming and even frustrating, to my mind the products of a capable storyteller struggling to work to a publisher's remit. Here, at the end, when left mostly alone to work on a concept he clearly engages with, Kilworth shows a lot more of what he can truly do, and the series goes out on a high. If only it'd been this way from the start.
It's inventive, it's witty, it's laden with fun references - this edition complete with a list of most of them at the end - there's only a couple of brief gruesome moments that do little to trouble a very consistent tone, two smaller threads alongside the main one help ensure the pace stays brisk and fluid with hardly any padding or hand-holding, and there's some real spirit, and even touches of emotion. True, the ultimate fates of two of the recurrent antagonists aren't terribly satisfying, for different reasons, but others get better ones, and the characters in general are the best they've been. An entertaining and pretty satisfying read.
Overall, the Welkin Weasels books are highly variable in quality, sometimes good, sometimes great, often underwhelming and even frustrating, to my mind the products of a capable storyteller struggling to work to a publisher's remit. Here, at the end, when left mostly alone to work on a concept he clearly engages with, Kilworth shows a lot more of what he can truly do, and the series goes out on a high. If only it'd been this way from the start.
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