The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear (Zamonia) (Volume 1)

The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear (Zamonia) (Volume 1) by Moers, Walter. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781585677245.

The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear is a whimsical, adventurous novel that transports readers into the fantastical world of Zamonia, where the extraordinary meets the surreal. Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have twenty-seven. This is fortunate, because our hero is forever avoiding disaster by a paws breadth. In this remarkable book, Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first thirteen-and-a-half lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zamonia, where intelligence is an infectious disease and water flows uphill, where headless giants roam deserts made of sugar, and where only Captain Bluebears courage and ingenuity enable him to escape the dangers that lie in wait for him around every corner. In company with our indomitable hero, we enter 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. “Equal parts J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein,” the zany illustrated adventures of a sea-faring blue bear. —The Washington Post “Moerss great strength, as evidenced by the multitude of characters he presents, is his creativity. Less a text and more an imagination on paper.” —Philadelphia Enquirer 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 Alchemasters Apprentice The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books