Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (Zamonia Series #2)

by Walter Moers

Overview

Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures by Walter Moers is a thrilling and humorous epic fantasy novel set in the fantastical world of Zamonia.

Packed with wit, whimsy, and Moers' signature creativity, this captivating tale will immerse readers in a world of magic, mystery, and unforgettable characters.

Rumo is a little Wolperting who will one day become the greatest hero in the history of Zamonia. Armed with Dandelion, his talking sword, he fights his way across Overworld and Netherworld, two very different realms chock-full of adventures, dangers, and unforgettable characters.

This is the world of Rala, the beautiful girl Wolperting who cultivates a hazardous relationship with death; General Ticktock, the evil commander of the Copper Killers; Ushan DeLucca, the finest and most weather-sensitive swordsman in Zamonia; Volzotan Smyke, the corpulent Shark Grub; Rolv of the Forest, a Wolperting who can pass through the White Fire; Yggdra Syl, the guardian of the Nurn Forest and its talkative animals; Professor Abdullah Nightingale, inventor of the Chest-of-Drawers Oracle; and, the worst of luck, the deadly Metal Maiden.

“There are weird and wonderful fantasy creatures and astonishingly original settings.” —The Guardian

“Exuberant . . . Full of sly humor, this rambunctious novel will appeal to fans tired of the usual epic fantasy.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A brilliantly imagined, well-executed jaunt through strange lands full of wild characters.” —Booklist

Enjoy Walter Moers’s Zamonia Series:

• The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear
• Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures
• The City of Dreaming Books
• The Alchemaster's Apprentice
• The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585679362
Publisher:	The Overlook Press
Publication date:	08/28/2007
Series:	Zamonia Series , #2
Edition description:	Translatio
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter, and sculptor. The world of Zamonia that he created is currently being adapted for the screen. He lives in Hamburg, Germany.

Editorial Reviews

Parodic and sincere, slapstick and heart-tugging by turns, Moers's novel has fresh things to say on the nature of heroism and nobility. As if Tom Robbins had been inspired to rewrite Tolkien, Moers manages to imbue classic sword-and-sorcery motifs with his off-kilter worldview.
—The Washington Post

Paul Di Filippo

An overstuffed confection that threatens to collapse under its own heft. Cross Lord of the Rings with Yellow Submarine, throw in dashes of Monty Python, Douglas Adams, Shrek and The Princess Bride, season with more serious fare such as The Tin Drum and The Odyssey. That's the sort of alchemy in which this sprawling novel by German writer/artist Moers (The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, not reviewed) trades, and part of the pleasure of reading it is to see what echoes will next bounce off its crags. Adults may be a touch embarrassed to be seen with a book about a little "Wolperting" who "would one day become Zamonia's most illustrious hero," a critter who grows up in the farmyard of (seven, naturally) Hackonian dwarves but somehow, magically, sheds his animal qualities and learns to wield a sword most impressively. Rumo's skills come in handy as he goes off into the wide world of men and Demonocles ("If asked what fate he hoped to avoid at all costs, the average Zamonian tended to reply: Being captured by the Demonocles"), when the book becomes a touch more mature. Along the way, he falls in with a pretty girl Wolperting and encounters enemies, such as the unspeakably evil General Ticktock (think Ian McKellen in a very bad mood), to say nothing of a madcap king who, in one of Moers's wonderful line drawings, resembles Klaus Kinski's Nosferatu. The General has big plans, and he employs very bad assistants such as "Tykhon Zyphos's Subcutaneous Suicide Squad," micro-ninjas who conjure up images of Fantastic Voyage, sans Raquel Welch. These are nothing, though, compared to the Smarmies, critical creatures who go about wounding writers' literary self-esteem . . . Read it as allegory. Read itas a fairy tale. Whatever, it's amusing-but still too long by half.

Kirkus Reviews