false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166673284m/15560.jpg 15560 11 Terry Brooks's new Shannara epic, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, kicks off its first volume, <I>Ilse Witch</I>, with the discovery of a mad elf drifting on wreckage miles out at sea with his tongue and eyes removed and a map secreted among his possessions. The elf is revealed to be a lost prince who set out decades earlier to find old magics on another continent. Walker Boh, the Druid we last saw in <I>The Talismans of Shannara</I>, persuades the Elf King that both vengeance and prudence dictate a second expedition and assembles the usual crew of talented misfits to travel by airship into unknown territory. The forces of evil are on their way as well--the shadowy figure known as the Ilse Witch and the lizard-like mercenaries forced on her by her untrustworthy ally, the Morgawr, are closing in, with acquisition and murder in their hearts.<p> Fans of Terry Brooks will know precisely what to expect from him: undemanding sword-and-sorcery adventure with touches of the gloomily mysterious and of more complex emotions. This is Brooks at his best and this novel is the least dependent on earlier models as it becomes clear that in this sequence the relationship between good and evil is more complicated than usual. <I>--Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk</I> 589782 2000 Ilse Witch (Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, #1) total:2091|5:582|4:725|3:621|2:146|1:17| 2091 7982 2623 46 2 0 true false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 27 07:28:03 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 05:24:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 24 18:22:23 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 18:22:38 -0700 2008
Thirty years ago, the elves sent an expedition to retrieve a powerful legendary magic that would a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 14:36:37 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 14:36:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 11:26:31 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 11:52:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 11 07:29:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 07:30:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 15 14:41:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 14:46:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 20:59:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 21:02:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 25 15:07:37 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 15:07:37 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 05 15:22:14 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:56:59 -0700 2009
I liked the plot, because it seems that it will prove to be a very lo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 06 09:16:04 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 09:16:32 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Dec 06 12:58:33 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:59:22 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 14:12:45 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 15:05:32 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Mar 12 06:15:31 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 03:02:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 07:27:24 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 07:31:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 01 18:56:34 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 19:03:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 09:35:39 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 09:38:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 15:32:03 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:31:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 09 15:30:31 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 15:35:16 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 09:00:22 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 23 14:11:59 -0800 2008
A fairly standard fantasy quest story. This one didn't have the trademark epiphany moment at the end like most of his other books. Enjoyable but not spectacular.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Jun 29 13:00:21 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 20:33:11 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15560