• The Wishsong of Shannara

  • The Shannara Series, Book 3
  • By: Terry Brooks
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (3,807 ratings)

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The Wishsong of Shannara

By: Terry Brooks
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Fans of the Shannara epic will revel as the forces of good battle an evil book, the Ildatch, which sends the Mord Wraiths to destroy mankind. To overcome this dark force, the Druid Allanon needs Brin Ohmsford, for she holds the power of the wishsong, a magic invoked by singing that can make plants bloom instantly or turn trees from green to autumn gold.

As Brin reluctantly joins Allanon on his dangerous journey, a prophecy foretells an evil plan to trap the unsuspecting Brin into a fate more horrible than death. But she has the help of her brother, Jair, and the protection of Rone Leah, who takes his job very seriously, as the comic rustics, Weapons Master Garet Jax and Slanter the gnome, leaven the fantasy.

©1985 Terry Brooks (P)2003 Books on Tape, Inc.

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Great book and Great reader

This is a great book. I wish I had heard the other 2 books unabridged (Sword of Shannara and Elfstones of Shannara). Hope they get more unabridged books for this series.

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Family bonds

This book shows us that the bonds of a family can get through more than one would think possible.

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Excellent storytelling experience!!!

The narration was absolutely superb and a fantastic storyline as with the others from the Shannara series

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Another great addition to the Shannara series!

lovely story telling, and well paced story! I enjoy how it represents different perspectives. You are always learning something new about the world of Shannara!

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Good story; terible narration.

Terry Brooks tells a terrific story. Even the filler is pretty good. The narrator leaves quite a bit to be dsired. His pronunciation of some of the words is incorrect and grateson the ears and nerves.
Add is inability to show a range of character voices caused me to wonder what character was speaking.

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Well written as always from Terry Brooks

Excellent story telling as one would expect from this very talented author,.who gave up his legal profession to become one of the best fantasy author's of our time! ,Glad I was able to meet him in the Albany NY area!!

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Great performance!

The narrator was fantastic and I loved listening to this email! Highly recommend this book!

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love these books 😍

The depth of the story is and always has been amazing . I could listen to these books over and over again. Thank You Mr. Brooks.

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Okay

The story, is good. I've been a fan of Terry Brooks for nearly 30 years now. The performance was very over dramatic and the dialects employed felt pretentious and overwrought. I am perfectly willing to entertain the notion that I am overly sensitive in this regard. If I am, though, likely others will be as well.

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a very fun book if you like fantasy adventure not as good as the first book
stay away from the tv show on mtv it is staggeringly bad !

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