« Margaret's Blog | Main | Center of Attention »
November 22, 2004
Witches' Brew, by Terry Brooks
I was a big fan of Terry Brooks’ Kingdom of Landover series when the original books came out. Because I was a member of the Science Fiction Book Club, receiving regular mailings, I always saw when the next one came out and made sure I would get it right away. At some point, however, either my subscription ended or I got the series before the final book, Witches’ Brew came out in 1995.
I’ve never read Brooks’ critically acclaimed and bestselling Shannara Series, though I did come across his The Word and the Void trilogy and was fascinated by those, but they ended a few years ago. It wasn’t until I decided to sell my Sci-Fi Book Club edition of The Tangle Box on eBay that I discovered there was a fifth and final book to the Landover series.
The book was fantastic, to say the least, a very lighthearted fantasy in keeping with the earlier books. I was pleased and enchanted by the book, and it didn’t take long for me to remember bits and pieces of the earlier novels as I went along.
The story was entertaining as well, as a stranger calling himself King Rydell of Marnhull comes to challenge Ben Holiday, King of Landover. Ben and his sylph wife, Willow, decide to send their magical daughter, Mistaya, away because of the danger, but the girl is abducted along the way.
Not much heavy reading here, but very much a story to enchant kids of all ages. I would be most grateful if Brooks were to follow it up, but maybe I’ll just have to start reading the numerous books of the Shannara series.
Purchase the book, or find out more about it here: Witches' Brew (The Magic Kingdom of Landover, Book 5).
Visit the author’s website here: The Wondrous Worlds of Terry Brooks - The Official Site
Posted by Bastique at November 22, 2004 10:30 AM