BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's Bearers of the Black Staff.Ben Holiday, mere mortal turned monarch of the magic kingdom of Landover, has grappled with numerous contenders for his throne, but nothing could have prepared him for the most daunting of challengers: his headstr
A Princess of Landover
โ Scribed by Terry Brooks
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.;Del Rey
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 266 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
After fourteen years, New York Times bestselling fantasy master Terry Brooks has returned to the magic kingdom of Landover. The remarkable realm of dragons, demons, wizards, and wonders that wove an irresistible spell in five classic novels throws open its gates at long last for a brand-new adventure featuring a dazzling cast of characters and creatures.Ben Holiday, Chicago lawyer and mere mortal turned monarch of enchanted Landover, has grappled with scheming barons, fire-breathing beasts, diabolical conjurers, and extremely wicked witches. None of whom have prepared him for the most daunting of challengersa teenage daughter. Sent by Ben and his beloved sylph bride, Willow, to an exclusive girls prep school, headstrong (and half-magical) Mistaya Holiday has found life in the natural world a less than perfect fit. And when her latest rebellious antics get her indefinitely suspended, shes determined to resume her real educationlearning sorcery from court wizard Questor Thewswhether her parents like it or not. But back home in Landover, Mistayas frustrated father is just as determined that the precocious princess learn some responsibility, and he declares her grounded until she successfully refurbishes the long-forsaken royal library. Mortified by the prospect of salvaging a kings ransom in moldy booksand horrified by word that repulsive local nobleman Lord Laphroig seeks to marry herMistaya decides that the only way to run her own life is to run away from home. So begins an eventful odyssey peppered with a formidable dragon, recalcitrant gnomes, an inscrutable magic cat, a handsome librarian, a sinister sorcerer, and more than a few narrow escapes as fate draws Landovers intrepid princess to the last place she expected to go, and into the thick of a mystery that will put her mettle to the testand might bring the kingdom to its knees.
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