Child of Light
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Narrated by:
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Jeremy Carlisle Parker
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By:
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Terry Brooks
About this listen
National Best Seller
The electrifying first novel of an all-new fantasy series from the legendary author behind the Shannara saga, about a human girl struggling to find her place in a magical world she’s never known
“Enticing ... Brooks’s fans will be thrilled to have a new series to savor.” (Publishers Weekly)
At 19, Auris Afton Grieg has led an...unusual life. Since the age of 14, she has been trapped in a Goblin prison. Why? She does not know. She has no memories of her past beyond the vaguest of impressions. All she knows is that she is about to age out of the children’s prison, and rumors say that the adult version is far, far worse. So she and some friends stage a desperate escape into the surrounding wastelands. And it is here that Auris’ journey of discovery begins, for she is rescued by a handsome yet alien stranger.
Harrow claims to be Fae - a member of a magical race that Auris had thought to be no more than legend. Odder still, he seems to think that she is Fae as well, although the two look nothing alike. But strangest of all, when he brings her to his wondrous homeland, she begins to suspect that he is right. Yet how could a woman who looks entirely Human be a magical being herself?
Told with a fresh, energetic voice, this fantasy puzzle box is Terry Brooks as you have never seen him before, as one young woman slowly unlocks truths about herself and her world - and, in doing so, begins to heal both.
©2021 Terry Brooks (P)2021 Random House AudioCritic Reviews
“Child of Light is enchantingly feral. Precise in his prose, clever in his worldbuilding, Brooks stretches new muscles to explore a young woman’s quest for identity. The pace is rapid as a river, but this one twists hard and runs deep.”—Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“With a unique setting that is a heady dystopic blend of mysticism and the future, Child of Light is an otherworldly adventure from the fertile mind of one of the most beloved storytellers of our generation.”—Wesley Chu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The War Arts Saga
“An enticing new mystery. . . . Auris is a tough but enchanting protagonist, and the page-turning mystery of her magical origins form the novel’s heart. Brooks’s fans will be thrilled to have a new series to savor.”—Publishers Weekly
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-10-2021
Absolute joy to read but Tdrry Brooks is a master
loved this. story was so unlike others in its genre most enjoyable 😉 kept me going right from the first page to last
Came to an end too soon but really was a perfect end
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- Sharon
- 28-10-2021
I enjoyed this book
This was a good story and was easy to listen to.
It was a different style to the Shannara series so wasn't what I expected but I enjoyed it.
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- Great shoes like they used to be
- 07-08-2022
A Small story with relatively small stakes
Told mostly in first person narration, which is strange, it's not really Terry's best work, and this narrator isn't as good as Phil gigante. It's nice to hear a new story but anything in the Shannara series is superior and I've read or listened to most of them. Maybe it's a new editor.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-10-2023
Not my thing
The narrator’s voice irritates me, overly dramatic to my taste, but she is also working with very poor dialogue and an unlikeable protagonist.
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- Sheenagh
- 25-10-2021
Disappointed
Expected so much more from Terry Brooks, this is like a teen romance novel.
I persisted as long as I could but it just became repetitive and boring.
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