Child of Light

Terry Brooks

Oct 2021 · Viridian Deep Book 1 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker

About this audiobook

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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 nineteen, Auris Afton Grieg has led an . . . unusual life. Since the age of fourteen, 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’s 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.

Ratings and reviews

It's a decently told story of perhaps one of the overdone genres ever. It's the orphan who goes seeking her actual parents. It's got a good spin on it seeing as it's placed in one of Brooks' fantasy worlds, but the plot becomes rather predictable after a certain point. It's not a bad story, but I kind of felt that the plot had few surprises for me given how many of Brooks' books I've read. Still, ever since A Princess of Landover hit the stores, I've noticed a change in his writing. I've been wondering if he's had a stroke or is perhaps having someone else do his writing for him. His stories haven't had the usual kick I'm used to.

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About the author

Terry Brooks has thrilled readers for decades with his powers of imagination and storytelling. He is the author of more than thirty books, most of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.