Mouse Guard

"Mouse Guard serves as a prequel to the two previous volumes. Set in 1115, this is the story of how the Guardmouse Celanawe's paw first touched the legendary weapon, the Black Axe. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on a quest blending history and high adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters and lands, to the gates of the ferret hall of Ildur, and into the briar of a fearsome predator all while unraveling the legend...

Dispatched to find a missing mouse, three members of the Mouse Guard make a shocking discovery, one that involves a treacherous betrayal, a stolen secret, and a rising power with just one goal... to bring down the Guard.