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December 2, 2013
Terry Reviews: Red Rising
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is odd for me, but I am going to recommend a book that isn’t even out yet.
I read the ARC, and I was captivated enough to want to alert you to its publishing date in January 2014. The book is Red Rising by Pierce Brown. This is a first book by a new author. It has hints of Harry Potter and Hunger Games, but it is its own animal. And it is not YA. The writing is excellent and the story is better. This is one terrific fantasy book, and I woul...
November 25, 2013
November 22, 2013
Poll: Who Is Your Favorite Original Shannara Trilogy Protagonist?
Wil Ohmsford painted by Darrell K. Sweet
Protagonists matter.In The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, and The Wishsong of Shannara, they matter more than in a usual novel. It is not every day that a person gets the chance to save the world, and the protagonists from those first three Shannara books save the Four Lands and Beyond three times over!
Writers ask a lot of their characters. Terry is no different. Return to Shea Ohmsford. He is pulled from his sleepy life in Shady Vale, th...
November 4, 2013
Canada, Terry Is In You
Terry is in Canada this week, visiting several bookstores and a convention!
Here is his schedule:
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 – WINNIPEG, MB
Time: TBD
McNally Robinson
1120 Grant Ave.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 – TORONTO, ON
Time: 7:00 PM
Lillian H. Smith Library
239 College St
Toronto, ON, Canada
Note: Bakka-Phoneix Books is supplying books!
Thursday, November 7, 2013 – MONTREAL, QC
Words After Dark Series | Time: 6:00 PM
Librairie Paragraphe
2220 McGill College Ave.
Montreal, QC, Canada...
November 1, 2013
Poll: What Do You Want Terry To Write Next?
First page of The High Druid’s Blade!!
Ever since I’ve known Terry, he has always had a story to tell.Terry is a writer. That is his calling. And like most true writers, he has more stories to tell than he has time. That creates a terrible problem at times:
What to write next?
He is best known for Shannara. Many readers love Landover. And there are quite a few people out there—like me—who believe his Word/Void trilogy is the best thing he has written. He has jumped between these series for two d...
October 23, 2013
September Ask Terry Posted
For many years the only chance a fan had of speaking to Terry was to meet him at tour events or conventions.
With the establishment of this website in 2000, Terry began accepting two questions from each fan per month. On the last day of the month, five questions are randomly drawn. Terry answers these five questions and they are posted monthly for your enjoyment.
Below are the questions selected last month and Terry’s answers! Enjoy!
Note: This section may contain spoilers!
Dear Readers,
With this...
October 21, 2013
Forthcoming: The High Druid’s Blade
Amazon | B&N | Powells
Kindle | Nook | iPad
Book One of The Defenders of Shannara
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Forthcoming: (March 11, 2014)
Legend has it that Paxon Leah is descended from the royals and warriors who once ruled the Highlands and waged war with magical weapons. But those kings, queens, and heroes are long gone, and there is nothing enchanted about the antique sword that hangs above Paxon’s fireplace. Running his family’s modest shipping business, Paxon leads a quiet...
October 20, 2013
Terry Reviews: The Maid’s Version
The Maid’s Version by Daniel Woodrell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Many of you may remember a movie called Winter’s Bone, if only for the fact that it was Jennifer Lawrence’s first big role. What you might not know is that first it was a book by a writer named Daniel Woodrell. His latest book, just out, is called The Maid’s Version. It is a story that centers on an explosion and fire at a dance hall that killed more than forty people and still resonates in the history of the town. The person respons...
October 19, 2013
Cover: The Darkling Child
Here is the tentative cover for The Darkling Child, the second book in the Defenders of Shannara series!
As I’ve said before, the Defenders of Shannara is a series comprised of three stand alone Shannara novels. The first book, The High Druid’s Blade, will publish March 11, 2014 and features a Leah has a the main character.
The Darkling Child is the second book and will publish later in 2014.
What do you think of the tentative cover above?
And no, I can’t tell ya more about it.
Ha!
October 11, 2013
Poll: Favorite Knight of the Word?
“Angel Perez” by Rob Alexander
The Knights of the Word protect our world from the possible future they witness in their dreams.As we have seen, that future is pretty dark. When John Ross came to Hopewell, Illinois in Running with the Demon, it was the beginning of something great for Terry. You can put me in the camp who believes that the Word/Void trilogy is Terry’s finest achievement—other than The Elfstones of Shannara—and in that achievement lies powerful characters, magic, great hope, and...
