Walter Moers Books In Order

The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear

‘A bluebear has twenty seven lives. I shall recount thirteen and a half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest,’ says the narrator of Walter Moers’s epic adventure. ‘What about the Minipirates? What about the Hobgoblins, the Spiderwitch, the Babbling Billows, the Troglotroll, the Mountain Maggot Mine is a tale of mortal danger and eternal love, of hair s breadth, last minute escapes.’ Welcome to the fantastic world of Zamonia, populated by all manner of extraordinary characters. It s a land of imaginative lunacy and supreme adventure, wicked satire and epic fantasy, all mixed together, turned on its head, and lavishly illustrated by the author. The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear is playful enough for young adult readers, yet as intricate and engaging as any work of literary fiction; it has the plot of a novel and the spontaneity and humor of a vintage comic book. The fast growing cult of Zamonia will given a boost by the simultaneous release of Overlook s hardcover of Walter Moers s new book set in Zamonia, Rumo.

Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures

Set in the land of Zamonia, this exuberant, highly original fantasy from Walter Moers features an unlikely hero. Rumo is a little Wolperting a domesticated creature somewhere between a deer and a dog who will one day become the greatest hero in the history of Zamonia. Armed with Dandelion, his talking sword, he fights his way through the Overworld and the Netherworld. He meets Rala, a beautiful Wolperting female; Urs of the Snows, who thinks more of cooking than of fighting; Gornab the Ninety Ninth, the demented king of Netherworld; Professor Ostafan Kolibri, who goes in search of the Non Existent Teenies; Professor Abdullah Nightingale, inventor of the Chest of Drawers Oracle; and, worst luck, the deadly Metal Maiden. Astonishingly inventive, amusing, and engrossing, Rumo is a captivating story from the unique imagination of Walter Moers. Illustrated with the author’s own line drawings and filled with humor, this rambunctious novel will delight fans tired of the usual epic fantasy. The comparisons are many Douglas Adams, Lewis Carrol, J.K. Rowling, Dr. Seuss, R. Crumb but Moers is clearly an original. Long live Zamonia!

The City of Dreaming Books

The publication in 2005 of Walter Moers’s The 13 Lives of Captain Bluebear was an event the hilarious epic fantasy garnered grand reviews and surprising sales, which continue to grow. In this new Zamonian adventure, Optimus Yarnspinner, a young writer, inherits from his beloved godfather an unpublished short story by an unknown author. His search for the author’s identity takes him to Bookholm the so called City of Dreaming Books. On entering its streets, our hero feels as if he has opened the door of a gigantic second hand bookshop. His nostrils are assailed by clouds of book dust, the stimulating scent of ancient leather, and the tang of printer’s ink. Soon, though, Yarnspinner falls into the clutches of the city’s evil genius, Pfistomel Smyke, who treacherously maroons him in the labyrinthine catacombs underneath the city, where reading books can be genuinely dangerous. In The City of Dreaming Books, Walter Moers transports us to a magical world where reading is a remarkable adventure. Only those intrepid souls who are prepared to join Yarnspinner on his perilous journey should read this book. We wish the rest of you a long, safe, unutterably dull and boring life!

The Alchemaster’s Apprentice

The fourth book in the beloved Zamonia series by Overlook’s bestselling Walter Moers

The first three books set in Zamonia the mythical land created by the genius of Moers, whose work has been compared to J. K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein have achieved raucous critical acclaim and created hundreds of thousands of die hard fans everywhere. Now Moers returns with a fourth relentlessly whimsical fantasy Library Journal.

When Echo the Crat s mistress dies, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render his fat, which he hopes to brew into an immortality potion. But Ghoolion has not reckoned with Echo s talent for survival and his vast ability to make new friends.

A Wild Ride Through the Night

In the wake of the breakout successes of Walter Moers’s The 13 Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures, and The City of Dreaming Books, Moers is back with this fourth book, the tumultuous tale of a little boy and his encounter with Death. Moers bases his utterly delightful story on twenty one woodcuts by the inimitable Gustave Dor , the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. In a world between legend and dream, A Wild Ride Through the Night describes the exhilarating and comic adventures of his twelve year old protagonist Gustave, a boy who aspires one day to be a great artist. When a disaster at sea puts Gustave in the uncompromising hands of Death, he has the choice to give up the ghost or take on a series of six impossible tasks. Gustave embarks on a strange and perilous journey during which he must save a princess from an angry dragon, pull a tooth from the Most Monstrous of All Monsters, fly over the moon, and even, somehow, meet his own self. Will Gustave’s creativity and imagination be able to save him from his fate?