Mossflower is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques, published in 1988. It is the second book published in the Redwall series. Mossflower tells the story of Martin the Warrior, who is caught and imprisoned by the evil Verdauga Greeneyes. After escaping with the help of fellow prisoner Gonff, Martin rallies the residents of Mossflower to fight back against the evil lord Verdauga and his ruthless daughter, Tsarmina. The story begins in the Mossflower Wood, where a community of animals suffers under the tyranny of a ruling wildcat named Verdauga. When a mouse from the north, Martin the Warrior, comes to Mossflower Woods, he is captured and brought to the castle Kotir, where his sword is broken by Verdauga's daughter, Tsarmina, and he is imprisoned within the Kotir dungeons. Meanwhile Tsarmina poisons Verdauga with the help of the vixen Fortunata and blames it on her brother Gingivere. She places her brother in prison and takes the throne for herself. While in the dungeons, Martin eventually me...