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High Druid of Shannara: Straken

By: Terry Brooks
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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The King of the Silver River has charged young Penderrin Ohmsford with the daunting task of rescuing his aunt, Grianne, Ard Rhys of the Druid order, from her forced exile in the terrifying dimension of all things damned: the Forbidding. With the noble dwarf Tagwen and the prodigal elven princess Khyber Elessedil by his side–and with the outcome of the bloody war between the Federation and the Free-born at stake–Pen has accepted his mission without question. But not without risk…or sacrifice.

Shadea a'Ru, the ruthless Druid responsible for imprisoning the true Ard Rhys, has sent her agents and assassins in relentless pursuit of Pen and his comrades. Now if the Free-born forces should fall, Shadea's domination of the Four Lands will be assured. Pen's challenge grows greater when he learns that his parents have fallen into Shadea's hands. He must try to help them–but once within the walls of Druid's Keep, where Shadea's minions and dark magic lurk at every turn, Pen's survival is far from assured. Yet it will all pale in comparison to the horrors that wait inside the Forbidding….

"A great storyteller, Terry Brooks creates rich epics filled with mystery, magic, and memorable characters. If you haven't read Terry Brooks, you haven't read fantasy" –Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon and Eldest©2005 Terry Brooks; (P)2005 Books on Tape, Inc. Epic Fantasy Magic Users Fantasy Epic Witchcraft Fiction Adventure Science Fiction

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“A great storyteller, Terry Brooks creates rich epics filled with mystery, magic, and memorable characters. If you haven’t read Terry Brooks, you haven’t read fantasy.”
–Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon

“Terry’s place is at the head of the fantasy world.”
–Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass

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I listen to 4 or 5 audio books a month and "Straken" the 3rd book in this series peaked my interest from beginning to end. I usually get bored after the 1st few books in a fantasy series, but never with Terry Brooks. I would suggest reading (or listening to) all of his prior works 1st, but it is not necessary. I love how he develops the characters, the realistic fantasy setting and the plot along with a great ending. I have listened to some audio books from as many 3 different readers for the same book, and I think the reader makes all the difference in the world. I give this book and the reader both 5 stars.

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Narrator pronounced names and other words differently than previous narrators. Distracting. And the voice used for young girl was just annoying.

Great book. Wrong narrator

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loved it! it was a deep and rich story of love and courage. I recommend this book wholeheartedly!

Strakken was amazing!!

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I didn't care for the narrator of this book. I didn't like that he read the previous book in the series as well, but he actually was worse reading this one. I get that made-up words could be pronounced differently but different readers, but why wouldn't there be some direction of the pronunciation to create continuity? Also, in the previous book, he used certain voices for certain characters, but then in this book used the wrong ones for each. Seems like he would have listened to his last recording and tried to be consistent.

Great story, badly narrated

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Man. Kind of a gut wrenching story but very good. Definitely a good continuation of the Shannara story

Awesome conclusion

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