The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax (Voyage of the Jerle Shannara (Paperback)) - Softcover

Brooks, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743414950 ISBN 13: 9780743414951

Publisher: Earthlight, 2002

Synopsis

Second book in the new five-book SHANNARA series.

About this title

About the Author:

Terry Brooks first novel, THE SWORD OF SHANNARA, began the post-Tolkien huge boom in epic fantasy in 1977. It was a NEW YORK TIMES bestseller for five months. Since then he has written seven more SHANNARA novels, five MAGIC KINGDOM light fantasies and the KNIGHT OF THE WORD dark fantasies series. Terry Brooks divides his time between Seattle and Hawaii with his wife, Judine.

Review:

It's a shame that the title of Terry Brooks' impressive new saga is uncomfortably reminiscent of a highly infectious farmyard disease, as Brooks' imagination is in the rudest possible health. This five-book series has shown a reinvigoration of his immense skills in the fantasy genre, and has all the dash and energy of his earlier books (has he really been writing for 20 years?). Book Two has Walker, Boh and his motley band of elves, dwarves and men arriving at the mysterious city of Castledown. Their search for the ancient magic that Walker has located from a map is conducted in the airship Jerle Shannara, which takes the company from the Four Lands across islands where sinister eldritch forces lurk. But of all the dangers they encounter, Walker's nemesis, the Ilse Witch, is the most dangerous. The new Lord of the Rings film trilogy will hone appetites for such material to an even finer edge, and Brooks is the man to slake those appetites.

About this edition

• Publisher: Earthlight
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0743414950
• ISBN 13: 9780743414951
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416