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Loading... Running With the Demonby Terry BrooksSeries: The Word/Void Trilogy (1), Shannara Universe: Chronological (1)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  jehovahrapha | Nov 12, 2009 |  John Ross is a Knight of the Word, doomed to opposed the forces of the Void, with only his staff for comfort. His dreams are a test, every night, of what may come if he abuses his power, leading to a post-apocalyptic demons eat humans horror world. Nest Freemark is a teenager, and the women in her family have a special magical heritage and are able to talk to, and see some of the supernatural entities surrounding their decaying small town. She opposes the demons in her own way. http://superprose.blogspot.com/2006/1... (  ) maketest | Aug 26, 2009 | I read the 2nd trilogy first. When I returned to this first book of the original trilogy I was disappointed. The plot moved far too slowly for my taste. Character development was good, and it was entertaining to learn more of the back story on some characters referred to in the 2nd trilogy, but I found it difficult to push on through to the conclusion. I doubt I'll read the rest of this trilogy. (  ) vircotto | Aug 17, 2009 | Although the world doesn't end in this volume, Brooks shows the beginnings of the end as they occur in Hopewell, IL. As the Fourth of July celebrations occur in Sinnissippi Park, the 14-year old Nest Freemark will find her soul is the prize in a battle between a demon of the Void and John Ross, a Knight of the Word. Will she follow in the footsteps of her grandmother and mother, join forces with her father, or have the strength of will to create her own path? The end of the world "will happen because of a lot of little things, an accumulation of seemingly insignificant events", and a seemingly insignificant girl is the focus and deciding factor. Brooks wrote two urban fantasy trilogies to tell how the world around us ended and became Shannara, the realm of his classic fantasy world-building series. (The Sword of Shannara, the first in the Shannara series, was published in 1977.) Running with the Demon starts the Word and the Void, the prequel trilogy set closest to our reality. npl | Jan 8, 2009 | Well written but a little dark for my tastes. (  ) bookheaven | Apr 27, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0345422589, Mass Market Paperback)Terry Brooks's Running with the Demon is billed as "A Novel of Good and Evil," but he could've called it "A Novel of Here and Now." The fantasy master behind the Shannara series switches his focus from neo-Tolkien jungles to the woebegone steel town of Hopewell, Illinois. Though Illinois teenager Nest Freemark (where does he get these names?) looks like your average kid, she spends her free time in the woods asking her 6-inch pal Pick for advice in dodging the Demon and his creepy Feeders, spirits who gobble the souls of humans. Nest is also being tailed by John Ross, a shining Knight of the Word who wants to keep her from the Feeders' jaws.Meanwhile, in the real world that dominates the novel, Nest Freemark is being stalked by a handsome, evil classmate who she has rejected, and a pack of surly, insurgent striking steelworkers plot a bombing at the company's Fourth of July picnic. The boy and the bombers are unaware that they're being subconsciously manipulated by the Demon. The book's matter-of-fact take on the uncanny is a bit like The X-Files. (And if you want to compare the two, check out Ted Edwards's X-Files Confidential: The Unauthorized X-Philes Compendium.) Brooks's plot has more strands than a plate of pasta, yet his mind is logical to a fault--he used to be a lawyer. There's something for everyone: gory monster attacks, a dread family secret, magical mind-game duels, even a (rather flat) teen-romance subplot. The setting has real grit and the countdown to the Independence Day bombing peps up the tale. Brooks sometimes prosaically explains things a better literary stylist would dramatize, and his minatory visions of environmental apocalypse are more fun than the obvious, nagging, don't-be-a-litterbug message they exist to convey. Brooks will never be as deep as Tolkien, and many readers will find him less awesome as their adolescence recedes. Still, he's the genuine article, and with this book, he raises the stakes he's playing for. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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NOTE: Read the Word and Void trilogy before you attempt the Genesis of Shannara. Those three will make SO much more sense if you do! (