The band of mice make their way through the snowy weather as a storm rages around them. There's Kenzie and Saxon the brothers in arms, Sadie the scout and Lieam the youngest who has been taken under the wing of the oldest, Celanawe who is also the legendary 'Black Axe' which he carries with him at all times. We're reintrodued to the major characters who have been sent to retrieve some Elixir from a mouse town. We follow the main characters from the first miniseries as they act as ambassadors for Gwendolyn in an attempt to unite the Mouse territories to aid their base town of Lockhaven through the winter and adventures ensue. We now move onto the direct sequel, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 published in 2007-2008. She finished up by saying that winter is coming and they are dangerously low on supplies and that ended Mouse Guard: Autumn 1152. But it ends on an uncertain note with leader Gwendolyn noting in her diary about mounting distrust of the Guard in the mouse terrtories and the threat still posed by those in the Army of the Axe who melted back into their normal lives. The rebellion is crushed and Midnight defeated when the real, legendary Black Axe makes himself known and The Mouse Guard restore order. One who is more than a mere Guard mouse'. One who is not afraid to hunt down our predators. They need 'One who can offer security and prosperity. He proclaims that the Guard is a joke, and that they need one strong leader to rule all the terrtories. The first book saw them deal with a traitor in their own ranks and an assault on Mouse Guard headquarters by 'The Army of the Axe' lead by the rebellious Midnight, wielder of the stolen Black Axe. It featured the titular guard which is made up of sword wielding mice who protect their own from the dangers posed to mouse sized animals.

A quick introduction, Mouse Guard: Autumn 1152 was first published in 2006 written and drawn by David Peterson. It's been a while since I covered Mouse Guard: Autmn 1152, you can blame fluctuating Amazon prices for my delay in picking up the sequel miniseries Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 as a birthday gift from my dear old mum. 'Oh so a good guard mouse abandons his fellow guard?' - Lieam

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