Set in the unusual land of Zamonia, this exuberant, highly original fantasy from Walter Moers features an unlikely hero. Rumo is a little Wolpertinga domesticated creature somewhere between a deer and a dogwho 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, battling numerous bizarre creatures as he goes. Astonishingly inventive, amusing, and engrossing, Rumo is a captivating story from the unique imagination of Walter Moers. Filled with humor, this novel puts a new spin on the usual epic fantasy. The comparisons are manyDouglas Adams, Lewis Carrol, J. K. Rowling, Dr. Seuss, and R. Crumbbut Moers is clearly an original.