A Knight of the Word (Audible Audio Edition) Terry Brooks Mark Deakins Random House Audio Books
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A no-holds-barred battle between Good and Evil....
Eight centuries ago, the first Knight of the Word was commissioned to combat the demonic evil of the Void. Now that daunting legacy has passed to John Ross - along with powerful magic and the knowledge that his actions are all that stand between a living hell and humanity's future.
Then, after decades of service to the Word, an unspeakable act of violence shatters John Ross's weary faith. Haunted by guilt, he turns his back on his dread gift, settling down to build a normal life, untroubled by demons and nightmares.
But a fallen Knight makes a tempting prize for the Void, which could bend the Knight's magic to its own evil ends. And once the demons on Ross's trail track him to Seattle, neither he nor anyone close to him will be safe. His only hope is Nest Freemark, a college student who wields an extraordinary magic all her own. Five years earlier, Ross had aided Nest when the future of humanity rested upon her choice between Word and Void. Now Nest must return the favor. She must restore Ross's faith, or his life - and hers - will be forfeit....
A Knight of the Word (Audible Audio Edition) Terry Brooks Mark Deakins Random House Audio Books
After watching the entire first season of The Shannara Chronicles on Netflix, I was deeply curious to find out how the world ended up the way it appeared in the series. Yes, I am probably one of the few who has never read the original Shannara trilogy. So, I began to read these books, beginning with the very first story, his short story called Imaginary Friends. I'm following the suggested chronological order.Now in the middle of the second book in this Word and Void trilogy, I cannot help but see how what I'm reading seems to 'predict' the current social climate in which we live. It's actually rather frightening to feel as if what I'm reading, what was written back in 1999, is pretty much dead on in describing what I see every single day in the news. Are we headed for the same kind of world seen in The Shannara Chronicles? Probably. If things do not change.
While it is true that Mr. Brooks goes into almost minute detail in his descriptive passages, I do feel that they help to set the scene. However, it is possible to skim over these passages and not miss much in the way of the plot. Those deep descriptions just seem to enrich the story and help to immerse the reader - for me, at least. The characters are just as well thought out as the world that Mr. Brooks has created. It was nice to continue the journey with the characters that I met in Running With The Demon.
Quite impressed with this series so far.
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A Knight of the Word (Audible Audio Edition) Terry Brooks Mark Deakins Random House Audio Books Reviews
So I'm working my way through this series and found Running with the Demon good, but not great. Well certainly good enough to make me reach for A Knight of the Word anyway. I read a number of the reviews here before starting the book and was prepared for this book to be almost as good as Running with the Demon. I was happily surprised when I found myself enjoying it much more than it's predecessor! Revisiting with old friends from Running, we're introduced to some new (well fleshed out) characters in a story that was to me much better paced. I found Running to have far too much narration and not enough character on character interaction. That is NOT the case with this book. This one has what I've grown used to expecting from Terry Brooks in the Shannara series. Very nice. Very nice indeed.
In this book Mr. Brooks takes us on an adventure that has a wonderful hunt throughout the text as we try to figure out who is the bad guy (or gal). Hints as to this person's identity abound and just when you think you have it all figured out Brooks drops a wrench into the works and you're back at the guessing game again. It was a wonderful way to involve me (or you, the reader) in the story making it personal and oh so imperative that "we" figure out who the bad folks are before the end comes. Wonderful. Simply wonderful.
Ok, so why only 4 stars? Well it didn't keep me up at night, but I sure did enjoy it. I don't know how it could have been much better, but darn it sure was good enough for a high recommendation!
Thats enough for now ... I've got to go start Angel Fire East now! Love it. Bravo Mr. Brooks.
My bible starts out with...'In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and God was the word...' so Knight of the Word fit right in. The thing is I do not know enough about other religions to know their genesis, but I do know even atheists can stand this beginning, except God becomes chaos identical to word, and I am not going any further into that. We got a brief introduction to the world in volume one, our world spinning into oblivion. Magic is known, paranormal creatures exist and a struggle for supremacy is going on which humans are portrayed as being oblivious to except for bringing on their own doom. Volume two continues the struggle and begins to show the ultimate winner and concomitant result. The knights are in short supply, demons are proliferating and the genesis of Shannara has yet to be portrayed.
john Ross, a knight trying to renounce his vows, is refusing to follow his calling but is too good a man to reject it. He is torn by opposing forces but fails to see it, he is blinded by love for Stefanie. A woman out of his past, a child at that time, is solicited to track down Ross and try to remove the blinders keeping him from seeing what is going on around him. Nest meets a tatterdemalion, a new favorite of the Author, Brooks, and learns Ross is Seattle working for a well-meaning man but not doing anything for the Word. She flies out to Seattle, meets Ariel and hears a demon feeding on children. The next day she encounters Ross, speaks with him, tells him there is a demon loose in Seattle, and it is close to him and his work. Brooks let us guess, accurately, who it is but goes on with the story. Nest is finished, she plans on going back to Chicago and northwestern university.
Little of human affairs is immutable. Both Ross and Fremantle find their plans changed, both are going to converge on Simon Lawrence as he thanks the city for its generous gift to replace a loss we later learn was caused by the demon covering its tracks after failing to kill Nest. We still know who that demon is, Brooks now tries to fool us, get us to revise our opinion and the book degenerates slightly from that attempt which also seems to be only half-hearted, it is so easily rejected. The pace picks up slightly, we are nearing the end of the book. Ross reaffirms his devotion to duty to the Word, and also regains his magic. Nest finds her magic has changed, also, and the book totters on to its conclusion. Both Nest and Ross go on changed. We still have one book to go.
After watching the entire first season of The Shannara Chronicles on Netflix, I was deeply curious to find out how the world ended up the way it appeared in the series. Yes, I am probably one of the few who has never read the original Shannara trilogy. So, I began to read these books, beginning with the very first story, his short story called Imaginary Friends. I'm following the suggested chronological order.
Now in the middle of the second book in this Word and Void trilogy, I cannot help but see how what I'm reading seems to 'predict' the current social climate in which we live. It's actually rather frightening to feel as if what I'm reading, what was written back in 1999, is pretty much dead on in describing what I see every single day in the news. Are we headed for the same kind of world seen in The Shannara Chronicles? Probably. If things do not change.
While it is true that Mr. Brooks goes into almost minute detail in his descriptive passages, I do feel that they help to set the scene. However, it is possible to skim over these passages and not miss much in the way of the plot. Those deep descriptions just seem to enrich the story and help to immerse the reader - for me, at least. The characters are just as well thought out as the world that Mr. Brooks has created. It was nice to continue the journey with the characters that I met in Running With The Demon.
Quite impressed with this series so far.
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