The Last of the Water Grumblers — R.L. Holmes

Grumblers, mantises, manuka faeries, land octopuses, sand sharks, ferocious ghoads all found in the land of NYWAH! An anti-social water grumbler, is forced out of the comforts of his home, by his elder, to go on an important journey. On the way he meets with many interesting creatures, some mystical and friendly, others cold and suspicious. As he ventures out of his beloved east into the magical south, he meets Ranula, a brave, assertive manuka faery and Bigby a smelly, uncouth chubby creature(cover), that believes he's a manuka faery, who become his travelling companions. Together they travel to the dreaded west to find Rakkon, the gate keeper of their land Nywah, in hopes of stopping the awful, deathly ghoads from invading and destroying their ancient and wonderful land.