''The Tangle Box'' by

Terry Brooks Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and has ...

is the fourth novel of the ''

Magic Kingdom of Landover The ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' series is a series of six fantasy novels by Terry Brooks following the adventures of a former trial lawyer named Ben Holiday and the collection of friends and enemies that he encounters when he purchases a magica ...

'' series. This book was first published on April 12, 1994. The plot has an inept old wizard, Horris Kew, accidentally releasing an evil creature called the Gorse. The creature soon imprisons

Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( ...

, the dragon Strabo, and the witch

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in a device known as the Tangle Box. They must find a way out while Ben's allies find a way to handle the new threat from the Gorse.

External links

The Official Terry Brooks Website

1994 fantasy novels Magic Kingdom of Landover Del Rey books {{1990s-fantasy-novel-stub