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Skaar Invasion
''The Skaar Invasion'' is a 2018 fantasy novel by Terry Brooks, the second installment in his ''Fall of Shannara'' series. Plot summary The novel picks up where The Black Elfstone left off. Darcon (Dar) Leah holds Ajin d'Amphere hostage, the Druids are dead, and Paranor has vanished. Ajin tells Dar that the Skaar invaded the Four Lands because their continent of Eurodia is dying, caught in an endless winter. They eliminated the Druids because they found them to be the biggest threat to their invasion, but she had meant to capture the magic of Paranor for Skaarsland. She had not anticipated Paranor vanishing and feels like a failure because it is gone. Feeling that he owes her for saving his own life, Dar allows Ajin to go free and she returns to the Skaar. Kol'Dre, in private musings, reveals that the Skaar ability to disappear is at least partly due to their genetic makeup. Ajin receives a message from her father, the king, that he is coming. She sends Kol'Dre to the Federati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Brooks
Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly high fantasy, epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times Best Seller List, ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and has sold over 25 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the most successful living fantasy writers. Early life Brooks was born in the rural Midwestern town of Sterling, Illinois, and spent a large part of his life living there. He is an alumnus of Hamilton College (New York), Hamilton College, earning his Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in English literature in 1966. He later obtained a Juris Doctor, J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University. He was a practicing attorney before becoming a full-time author. Career Brooks had been a writer since high school, writing mainly in the genres of science fiction, western, fiction, and Non-fiction writing, non-fiction. One day, in his early college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Rey Books
Del Rey Books is an imprint (trade name), imprint of the Random House Group, a division of Penguin Random House. The imprint was established in 1977 under the editorship of Judy-Lynn del Rey and her husband, author Lester del Rey. Today, the imprint specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and fantasy romance. The first new novel published by Del Rey was ''The Sword of Shannara'' by Terry Brooks in 1977. Del Rey formerly published ''Star Wars'' novels under the Lucasbooks sub-imprint (licensed from Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios (division), The Walt Disney Studios division of The Walt Disney Company) that are now published by its sister imprint, Random House Worlds. Authors *Piers Anthony *Isaac Asimov *Stephen Baxter (author), Stephen Baxter *Amber Benson *Ray Bradbury *Max Brooks *Terry Brooks *Pierce Brown *John Brunner (author), John Brunner *Bonnie Burton *Jack L. Chalker *Cassandra Clare *Arthur C. Clarke *James Rollins, James Clemens *Dan Cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Elfstone
''The Black Elfstone'' is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks in his ''Shannara'' series. It is the first book in ''The Fall of Shannara'' series, first published in 2017. Plot summary The novel begins with a stranger hiring a man called Tigueron to assassinate the druid Drisker Arc, former High Druid of Paranor. We are then introduced to Tavo Kaynin, who reminisces about growing up with his sister and discovering the Wishsong magic they have. Tarsha has control of hers. Tavo's is more chaotic, and he destroys things with it when he loses his temper. After being implicated in the disappearance of a neighborhood bully, Tavo is sent to live with his uncle and warned not to use his magic. Two years later, Tarsha visits Tavo against her parents’ will. Tavo is living in a shed like an animal, something her uncle defends because Tavo is dangerous. Tavo sends her away. Tarsha determines to seek training from the druids, then return to help Tavo. Meanwhile, Tavo murders his uncle, parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stiehl Assassin
''The Stiehl Assassin'' is a 2019 fantasy novel by Terry Brooks in his ''Shannara'' series. It is the third book in the ''Fall of Shannara'' series and was a New York Times bestselling novel. Plot summary The novel picks up where The Skaar Invasion left off, with Tavo plunging the Stiehl blade into his sister Tarsha's back, but it turns out she is only a magical illusion and Tavo is quickly disarmed. In the scuffle, the evil Clizia Porse retrieves the Stiehl Blade and escapes. The druid Drisker Arc fashions a magical collar and places it around Tavo's neck so he cannot call up the Wishsong. Drisker decides to consult the dead at the Hadeshorn to see what to do about Clizia Porse. He tries to summon Allanon, but ends up summoning Grianne Ohmsford. She is still trapped in The Forbidding, but has figured out how to communicate through the Hadeshorn. She agrees to help him if he will return her to the young woman she was before she entered into the service of the Mother Tanequil. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannara
''Shannara'' is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with '' The Sword of Shannara'' in 1977 and concluding with ''The Last Druid'' which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, '' First King of Shannara''. The series blends magic and primitive technology and is set in the Four Lands, which are identified as Earth long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Great Wars. By the time of the prequel ''First King of Shannara'', the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement science. Setting The Shannara series is set in a post-apocalyptic world called the Four Lands. This world is a futuristic version of our own, and not a secondary world. The '' Genesis of Shannara'' trilogy reveals the Four Lands to be located in the modern Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. Much of the landscape has been changed by a future nuclear holocaust called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrye
''SCRYE'' (''Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist and Price Guide'') was a gaming magazine published from 1994 to April 2009 by Scrye, Inc. It was the longest-running periodical to have reported on the collectible card game hobby. It was also the leading print resource for secondary-market prices on '' Magic: The Gathering''. The name, a registered trademark, is adapted from the Middle English word ''scry'' meaning "to foretell the future through a suitable medium". History Joanne M. White, publisher of the role-playing game magazine '' Cryptych'', launched the magazine in mid-1994 after being introduced to ''Magic'' by its publisher, Wizards of the Coast's Peter Adkison, in July 1993. Issue #4, dated February 1995, was the first issue to carry a publication date, leaving the magazine's exact launch date difficult to determine. In 1996 ''SCRYE'' published a second magazine as a market test. The magazine ''Mastyr'', covered tournament Magic. Sales were not strong enough to sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly
''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling." With 51 issues a year, the emphasis today is on book reviews. History Nineteenth century The magazine was founded by bibliographer Frederick Leypoldt in the late 1860s and had various titles until Leypoldt settled on the name ''The Publishers' Weekly'' (with an apostrophe) in 1872. The publication was a compilation of information about newly published books, collected from publishers and from other sources by Leypoldt, for an audience of booksellers. By 1876, ''The Publishers' Weekly'' was being read by nine tenths of the booksellers in the country. In 1878, Leypoldt sold ''The Publishers' Weekly'' to his friend Richard Rogers Bowker, in order to free up time for his other bibliographic endeavors. Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reactor (magazine)
''Reactor'', formerly ''Tor.com'', is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. Unlike traditional print magazines such as ''Asimov's'' or '' Analog'', it releases online fiction that can be read free of charge. ''Reactor'' was founded (as ''Tor.com'') in July 2008 and renamed ''Reactor'' on January 23, 2024. Reception Gardner Dozois called ''Tor.com'' "one of the coolest and most eclectic genre-oriented sites on the Internet". He felt in 2011 that its short fiction output that year was weaker than usual, but said it was still a fascinating place to visit. In 2014, ''The Guardian'' Damien Walter remarked on a "digital renaissance" in short SF, and cited a new generation of online magazines, including '' Lightspeed'', ''Strange Horizons'', ''Tor.com'' and '' Escape Pod'', as having transformed the genr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times Best Seller List
''The New York Times'' Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. John Bear, ''The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago'', Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992. '' The New York Times Book Review'' has published the list weekly since October 12, 1931. In the 21st century, it has evolved into multiple lists, grouped by genre and format, including fiction and nonfiction, hardcover, paperback and e-books. The list is based on a proprietary method that uses sales figures, other data and internal guidelines that are unpublished—how the ''Times'' compiles the list is a trade secret. In 1983, during a legal case in which the ''Times'' was being sued, the ''Times'' argued that the list is not mathematically objective but rather an editorial product, an argument that prevailed in the courts. In 2017, a ''Times'' represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannara Novels
''Shannara'' is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with ''The Sword of Shannara'' in 1977 and concluding with ''The Last Druid'' which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, ''First King of Shannara''. The series blends magic and primitive technology and is set in the Four Lands, which are identified as Earth long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Great Wars. By the time of the prequel ''First King of Shannara'', the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement science. Setting The Shannara series is set in a post-apocalyptic world called the Four Lands. This world is a futuristic version of our own, and not a secondary world. The ''Genesis of Shannara'' trilogy reveals the Four Lands to be located in the modern Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. Much of the landscape has been changed by a future nuclear holocaust called The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 American Novels
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number) * One of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Science * Argon, a noble gas in the periodic table * 18 Melpomene, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. * ''18'' (Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp album), 2022 Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
