Probably one of the best books I have ever read and you are right about the movie. For years I wondered why this excellent story wasn't turned into a movie.
Muppets might work.
Those would be some awesome looking muppets!
And the warrior moties would have to look like living moving demons. Never miss, never break discipline, think tactics and killing and little else.
It is such a good story. Love story, mystery, intrigue, betrayal, contraband, a great mystery, a great secret, the big reveal, and the fallout.
A GREAT movie!
Because who ever owns the rights to the book hasn't sold the movie rights or who ever bought the movie rights is sitting on it. A not uncommon practice in Hollywood.