Mouse Guard Volume 3: The Black Axe is to be released as a bi-monthly six issue mini-series launching in September (see "New 'Mouse Guard'"). Set in 1115, The Black Axe is a prequel to Mouse Guard Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard Volume 2: Winter 1152 and has Celanawe finally telling Lieam who was the first to use the titular Black Axe.  But it's the coming of distant relatives which sends Celanawe off on a quest to far-off lands where he learns the truth behind the legend of Farrer, forger of the Black Axe.  

The Eisner Award-winning Mouse Guard is an all ages anthropomorphic epic fantasy series written and drawn by David Peterson.