The Word & The Void Series

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1. 1

   Running with the Demon

   • Terry Brooks

   • 512 pages
   • 18 hours of reading

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   On the hottest Fourth of July weekend in decades, two men have come to Hopewell, Illinois, site of a long and bitter steel strike. One is a demon, a dark servant of the Void, who will use the anger and frustration of the community to achieve 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...

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   Krachten van het Kwaad - 1: Dansen met de Demon

   • Terry Brooks

   • 366 pages
   • 13 hours of reading

   Tijdens het bloedhete weekende van een feestdag in juli komen er twee vreemdelingen aan in het Amerikaanse stadje Hopewell. De ene vreemdeling is een demon, geleid door het duistere, chaotische visioen van de Leegte. Hij heeft het voorzien op de ziel van Tess Freemark, een veertienjarig meisje met bijzondere krachten. Tess heeft de gave van haar moeter: ze kan Vreters zien en uitschakelen, demonen die levn van negatieve energie. Haar gruwelijke lot lijkt bezegeld. Gelukkig is er nog een tweede vreemdeling en zijn toekomst is op mysterieuze wijze met die van Tess Freemark verbonden...

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   A Knight of the Word

   • Terry Brooks

   • 386 pages
   • 14 hours of reading

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   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 . . .

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   Krachten van het Kwaad - 2: Ridder van het Woord

   • Terry Brooks

   • 286 pages
   • 11 hours of reading

   John Ross, the tortured, conflicted Knight of the Word from Terry Brooks's <i>Running with the Demon</i>, finally gets a good night's sleep in the sequel. He buys this moment's peace at the cost of his sacred oath to be a champion of the Word, renouncing that pledge after failing to prevent the slaughter of a group of schoolchildren. Duty and destiny are difficult to elude, though, and soon his former charge Nest Freemark, now a college student and Olympic hopeful, arrives to warn him of his imminent destruction, or, worse, his unwitting fall into the service of the Void.

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   Angel Fire East

   • Terry Brooks

   • 440 pages
   • 16 hours of reading

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   As a Knight of the Word, John Ross has struggled against the tireless dark forces of the Void for twenty-five years. Ross is driven by dreams that show the world reduced to blood and ashes by the Void and its minions. But for all his power, John Ross is only one man, while the demons he battles are legion. Then Ross learns of the birth of a gypsy morph, a rare and dangerous creature formed of wild magics. If he can discover its secret, the morph will be an invaluable weapon against the Void. But the Void also knows the value of the morph, and will not rest until the creature has been corrupted - or destroyed. Desperate, Ross turns to Nest Freemark, a young woman with magical abilities of her own. And there they prepare to face an ancient evil beyond anything they have ever encountered. Look out for more information on this book and others on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

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   Krachten van het Kwaad - 3: Vuur van de Engelen

   • Terry Brooks

   • 304 pages
   • 11 hours of reading

   <i>Angel Fire East</i> marks the close of Terry Brooks's Word and Void trilogy, which began with 1997's <i>Running with the Demon</i>. In this book, the story returns to Nest's native Hopewell, where once again Nest and John must face off against the Void. This time, the demon is the ancient Findo Gask, along with his sidekicks: a giant albino demon, a shapeless ur'droch who lives only to kill, and a self-destructive psycho named Penny Dreadful. <p> The story begins when John Ross shows up at Nest Freemark's door with a young boy. He reveals that the boy, who he calls Little John, is actually a gypsy morph, a creature born of wild magic and capable of enormous deeds, for good or evil. Both sides have approximately one month to unravel Little John's secrets and recruit him for their cause. Because after one month, the magic that holds him together will tear him apart, and his powers will be lost forever.</p>

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• The Word and the Void Omnibus

  • Terry Brooks

  • 880 pages
  • 31 hours of reading

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  This collection features Terry Brooks' captivating Word and the Void novels: RUNNING WITH THE DEMON, A KNIGHT OF THE WORD, and ANGEL FIRE EAST, brought together in one volume for the first time.

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