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| Original Title: | Running with the Demon |
| ISBN: | 0345379624 (ISBN13: 9780345379627) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Word & The Void #1, Shannara (Chronological Order) #1, Shannara (Publication Order) #10, Shannara - Terry's Suggested Order for New Readers #9 , more |
| Characters: | Nest Freemark, John Ross |
Terry Brooks
Hardcover | Pages: 420 pages Rating: 3.97 | 26635 Users | 670 Reviews
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Twenty years ago, Terry Brooks turned fantasy fiction on its head with The Sword of Shannara, the first fantasy novel to make the mainstream bestseller lists, and the first in an unbroken string of thirteen bestselling books. Now, in Running with the Demon, Brooks does nothing less than revitalize fantasy fiction again, inventing the complex and powerful new mythos of the Word and the Void, good versus evil still, but played out in the theater-in-the-round of the "real world" of our present.On the hottest Fourth of July weekend in decades, two men have come to Hopewell, Illinois, site of a lengthy, bitter steel strike. One is a demon, dark servant of the Void, who will use the anger and frustration of the community to attain a terrible secret goal. The other is John Ross, a Knight of the Word, a man who, while he sleeps, lives in the hell the world will become if he fails to change its course on waking. Ross has been given the ability to see the future. But does he have the power to change it?
At stake is the soul of a fourteen-year-old girl mysteriously linked to both men. And the lives of the people of Hopewell. And the future of the country. This Fourth of July, while friends and families picnic in Sinnissippi Park and fireworks explode in celebration of freedom and independence, the fate of Humanity will be decided . . .
A novel that weaves together family drama, fading innocence, cataclysm, and enlightenment, Running with the Demon will forever change the way you think about the fantasy novel. As believable as it is imaginative, as wondrous as it is frightening, it is a rich, exquisitely-written tale to be savored long after the last page is turned.
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| Title | : | Running with the Demon (The Word & The Void #1) |
| Author | : | Terry Brooks |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 420 pages |
| Published | : | August 19th 1997 by Del Rey Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Urban Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Horror. Science Fiction. Epic Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 26635 Users | 670 ReviewsEvaluate Epithetical Books Running with the Demon (The Word & The Void #1)
I really like the pace of the book. There aren't any pointless details (though I do tend to skip some of the longer descriptions). There aren't any pointless climaxes either. Instead of the flow of the book being loaded with ups and downs, this book is just one steady climb to the top. Everything flows nicely. I was never bored or discouraged to continue reading. It's well done and I'm excited for book #2.This was my first Terry Brooks novel. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a fast paced read with the perfect amount of character development and action. I really liked the characters of Pick and Old Bob. Pick was the comedic relief of sorts and his dialogue was always entertaining. I will definitely be reading the other two books in the trilogy in the future. The best way I can describe this book is to say that it is enjoyable, whimsical and light hearted. Fun stuff.
The Word and Void trilogy is the worst I've read from Brooks, and I've read most his work. I mainly pushed through just so I wouldn't miss any background necessary for the books that come after - and I kept hoping that something exciting / meaningful / magical would actually happen in this series. It was boring, there were no goals that I could determine (a defined quest might have helped), and little hope.The setting is a big problem for me. We find ourselves in modern-day Washington State.
Good versus evil in a cool dark urban fantasy.Terry Brooks is of course THAT Terry Brooks, the same guy who wrote the fabulously well to do Sword of Shannara series that won much acclaim and earned oodles of coin for him and the publishers.This takes place in a small midwestern town setting that made me think of Ray Bradbury and the idea of an invisible battle between good and evil forces also reminded me of Frank E. Perettis 1986 novel This Present Darkness. A knight of the WORD is there and is
What do a fourteen year old girl, a wanderer with a wicked limp, and a calculating demon have in common? The answer is three-fold.Hopewell, Indiana is your typical small town where everyone knows everyone else, it's economy reliant on a single industry - in this case it's the now quiet steel mill as the strike grinds into it's third month. It is also the home of Nest Freemark, growing up under the watchful eyes of her grandparents, a sylvan, a magical dog, and the knowledge that she has a
#1/29 in my Epic Shannara Quest.A 14-year-old girl, who is descended from a line of females who have been chosen to aid a sylvan in protecting a park in Hopewell, Illinois, is forced to confront the mysteries surrounding her family. A crippled drifter bearing an intricately-carved walking stick, arrives in Hopewell, on the trail of a demon who is set on reclaiming what is his and ushering in the end of our world. And Terry Brooks, the mastermind behind the internationally best-selling fantasy
Sorry about this book (and the two that follow it) I couldn't escape the feeling that they could have been so much better. A good idea with what I felt was poor execution.I note that after the trilogy he started a series based on the failure of his protaginists in this series...ouch.
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