Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures
core novel 2003 Zamonia
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  DE |
| First English translation | 2006 |
| Translator | John Brownjohn |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.53 (9,652 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 688 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781585679362 |
Synopsis
A young Wolpertinger named Rumo escapes captivity from cyclopean captors who raised him for their own violent purposes and sets out to discover his true destiny, following a mystical guiding thread that leads him toward the city of Wolperting. There he begins to find companionship and a sense of belonging among others of his own kind for the first time in his life. When the Wolpertingers of the city are abducted en masse into a subterranean realm by a sinister force, Rumo must venture into the darkness beneath Zamonia to attempt their rescue, drawing on strength and skills he has only begun to understand.
Where it sits
- Universe: Zamonia
- Series: Zamonia Novels (translated) core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Walter Moers
Notes
- From the series record (Zamonia Novels (translated)): Walter Moers's own illustrated satirical-fantasy novels set on the continent of Zamonia, loosely connected rather than a single continuous plot.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Zamonia Novels (translated): position 2 of 5: previous The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (1999) · next The City of Dreaming Books (2004)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Moers
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumo_%26_Die_Wunder_im_Dunkeln
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