Ilse Witch

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Ilse Witch

By: Terry Brooks

Narrated by: Sam Fontana

For more than twenty years, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks has proven himself one of the modern masters of fantasy, winning the hearts and minds of devoted readers around the world with his classic Shannara epic.

When a half-drowned elf is found floating in the seas of the Blue Divide, an old mystery resurfaces. Thirty years ago, an elven prince led an expedition in search of a legendary magic said to be more powerful than any in the world. Of all those who set out on that ill-fated voyage, not one has ever returned.

Until now.

The rescued elf carries a map covered with mysterious symbols–and Walker Boh, the last of the Druids, has the skill to decipher them. But someone else understands the map’s significance: the Ilse Witch, a ruthless young woman who wields a magic as potent as his own. She will stop at nothing to possess the map–and the magic it leads to.

Return to the world of beloved novelist Terry Brooks, where creatures drift up from the earth like mist, a hypnotic song can kill, a sword can cut through a veil of lies–and one man, the true heir of an ancient magic, must choose between betrayal and redemption.©2000 Terry Brooks; (P)2000 Random House Inc., Random House Audio, a Division of Random House Inc.

headline said optional... it's not

hard to get into a story that's abridged when the past 12 have been unabridged.

great series

I love the be series but wish they had the unabridged version. You can't form the same bond with the characters.

Performance

I would usually give 5 stars but the reader spoke so fast that I was constantly replaying just to hear. I would recommend slowing down the speaker... also was pronouncing Elcrys wrong ...

I love these books

Terry has a way to keep your attention and excitement until the end. The original trilogy just keeps on playing one generation after another.

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Ilse Witch

It took a long time for character development and for such a short book, the plot moves quickly. Once I was up to spped, I loved it. This was my favorite book in the series. It took two different time to get into it however

Good read

I have read the series several times and listened to the audio books several times and it is still exciting - love the series!

Bittersweet...

The book has great characters and the story is pretty cool. The only issue I felt while listening to the book was that the author wanted to make all of the side characters important and so you have listened to half the book before you get into the real action. It seemed like a great start to a longer book but then again this book actually had no resolution. The main characters go on this long journey and right before they find what there looking for the book ends and if you want to find out what happens you will have to read book 2. In the end I was left with a bittersweet taste in my mouth. Definitely worth listening to but probably not one I would think of off the top of my head when friends ask for suggestions as to which book they should read next.

Where's the Unabridged version!?!?

Great story, wish I could have heard the whole thing. An unabridged version would be nice.

the reading performance sucks

I hope that the reader does not read any more books for Audible, I almost had to hold off on listening to this book until I could get a hard copy and read it for myself. he couldn't even pronounce words right, but that's probably a production fault.

It could be better

While I love the story.
I am not a fan of the Narrator. The way he portrays some of the characters is not how I would picture them.
There needs to be an unabridged version as well