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Meanwhile, in the real world that dominates the novel, Nest Freemark is being stalked by a handsome, evil classmate who she has rejected, and a pack of surly, insurgent striking steelworkers plot a bombing at the company's Fourth of July picnic. The boy and the bombers are unaware that they're being subconsciously manipulated by the Demon. The book's matter-of-fact take on the uncanny is a bit like The X-Files. (And if you want to compare the two, check out Ted Edwards's X-Files Confidential: The Unauthorized X-Philes Compendium.)
Brooks's plot has more strands than a plate of pasta, yet his mind is logical to a fault--he used to be a lawyer. There's something for everyone: gory monster attacks, a dread family secret, magical mind-game duels, even a (rather flat) teen-romance subplot. The setting has real grit and the countdown to the Independence Day bombing peps up the tale. Brooks sometimes prosaically explains things a better literary stylist would dramatize, and his minatory visions of environmental apocalypse are more fun than the obvious, nagging, don't-be-a-litterbug message they exist to convey. Brooks will never be as deep as Tolkien, and many readers will find him less awesome as their adolescence recedes. Still, he's the genuine article, and with this book, he raises the stakes he's playing for.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. It is the beginning of the hottest July in decades, and two men have come to Hopewell, Illinois. One is not human, 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. While he sleeps, he lives in the hell the world will become if he fails to change its course on waking. John 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 and the lives of the people of Hopewell. And that's just the beginning. 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 itself will be decided . . . Running With The Demon is the first volume of Terry Brooks' compelling The Word and the Void trilogy, a riveting mix of The Dead Zone and Buffy, The Vampire Slayer. A masterful work from a master storyteller Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781841495446
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Book Description Condition: New. 2006. New edition. Paperback. Running With The Demon is the first volume of Terry Brooks' compelling The Word and the Void trilogy, a riveting mix of The Dead Zone and Buffy, The Vampire Slayer. A masterful work from a master storyteller Series: The Word & the Void. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781841495446
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Book Description Condition: New. 2006. New edition. Paperback. Running With The Demon is the first volume of Terry Brooks' compelling The Word and the Void trilogy, a riveting mix of The Dead Zone and Buffy, The Vampire Slayer. A masterful work from a master storyteller Series: The Word & the Void. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781841495446