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by Terry Brooks (Author) "It was dawn when she woke, the sky just beginning to brighten in the east, night's shadows still draping the trunks and limbs of the..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit; New edition edition (3 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857237382
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857237382
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 513,271 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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John Ross, the tortured, conflicted Knight of the Word from Terry Brooks' Running with the Demon, 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 still, his unwitting fall into the service of the Void.

The story winds lazily through sleepy, wet Seattle like a tour bus, steadily building. Everything eventually converges on the homeless shelter where John works with his new sweetheart Stefanie Winslow for über-activist Simon Lawrence, a man his dreams tell him he is fated to kill. A thin mystery clouds the identity of the demon conspiring to deliver John unto evil, but the book's real focus is John's fitful, foot-dragging attempt to fulfil his destiny. Knight of the Word doesn't provide the suspenseful energy of Running, a book that followed Nest through the dramatic loss of her childhood, but it rejoins her as she assumes the responsibilities of young adulthood and--like that period in life--still manages to deliver satisfying, if more subtle, rewards. --Paul Hughes, Amazon.com



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'His fans should embrace it as eagerly as they have THE SWORD OF SHANNARA' Publishers Weekly 'By far the best of Terry Brooks' many wonderful novels...I couldn't put it down.' John Saul
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4.0 out of 5 stars A book of great significance!, 4 Feb 2001
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What a remarkable series! Having read all 3 books with scarcely a pause, I heartily recommend it to anyone with a mind towards SF.The second book however, remains the crucial one for me,here's why.

Basically, it starts off with there having been a pause of a few years between the horrifying events in book 1 and the present.Nest is growing up and becoming famous as an athlete whereas John Ross has seemingly disappeared.John Ross whom we know and love as the tortured knight of the Word; John Ross ,tormented forever with the images of a world already lost to the Void everytime he sleeps, is happy again. Happier than he has ever been, we find him employed, delirious with work and having the loving embrace of the woman of his dreams. He has finally settled down to live again, refuting his calling as a Knight in the service of the Lady and Word; he no longer confronts the evil reality of his dreams but instead, believes himself free once more. However, a demon more powerful and wicked than any before has come to stalk him and soon ,John Ross must lose his soul forever! Summoned by the Lady, Nest sets out to warn him of the impending danger but instead meets a defeated man, a man who has lost everything to deception for the price of happiness he cannot have, a man dead already for he has lost his first love!

This is a complete book in itself like its predecessor but seems to address more solid issues with a grace and clarity that astonishes one.

Suspiciously sounding biographical at times, Brooks has once again skillfully woven a story that stands equal with others of its genre,continuing his simple theme of light against dark, with a storyline that is simplistic and stark yet reassuringly rewarding to the keener-eyed reader.Albeit good entertainment for an afternoon on the couch (for it is a brief story), it is nevertheless a difficult book for the more serious minded of us as it poses some very disturbing questions with no clear answers.For within this slender volume,Ross must question the very purpose of his existence,and like so many of us before him,come up short.We see him fight the good fight despite the sheer futility of his actions,for Ross sees the future;in the end ,he knows it is all for nothing. Yet he goes on, one weary step after another, willing himself with an almost superhuman effort , to continue a hopeless struggle. In following John Ross' travails, one instantly feels a myriad of emotions: sorrow, hopelessness, pity, weariness, pain ,anguish and sometimes,even joy, all the sweeter for its rarity. We admire him, follow him , love him even for his quiet strength but to be him? Never! Oh no, not in a million years could we ever wish ourselves to be him! And so,John Ross remains alone, a Knight of the Word.

It is a wonderful book, and certainly worth a second glance for its unique perspective of one man's purgatory.A book of great significance!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Knight of the Word, 5 Oct 2009
By Mrs. P. Turner "Bookworm" (England UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Knight of the Word: The Word and the Void: Book Two (Word & the Void) (Paperback)
My husband was very pleaesd with the condition of this book and the fast delivery. many thanks.
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4.0 out of 5 stars New to Brooks, 30 Sep 2009
By Brian A. Scott "scozmos" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This is the second Terry Brooks novel I have read, I bought it for my girlfriend but got there first! The first was the first in this series...................so. Well, they are good books, sometimes I am enthralled and can't put them down, sometimes I want to skip forward quicker, is that good or bad? Well I ordered the first one for her and read it and ordered the second and third before I had finished, maybe that says enough?
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3.0 out of 5 stars Book review
The book arrived on time and in fairly good condition, considering the price it was well worth it.
Published 7 months ago by Alan Adcock

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy, but don't expect great things
The sequel to "Running With The Demon" this is a good read if ultimately unsatisfying.

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Published on 25 Jun 2002 by Bryan Collins

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fantasy that makes us think about love and faith.
In this sequel to 'Dancing With Demons', Terry Brooks has managed to give the two pivotal characters greater depth, without undermining their literary integrity, while at the same... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars A long dark wordy night with little action
This is a sequel to Running with the Demon - the story being taken up 5 years after Nest Freemark and John Ross, the Knight in question, vanquish her Dad for being a demon... Read more
Published on 19 Jul 1999

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