Boekverslag Terry Brooks

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Titel:	The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Ilse Witch
Auteur:	Terry Brooks
Jaar van uitgave:	2000

Auteur:	Terry Brooks
Geslacht:	man
Nationaliteit:	Engels
Populaire titels:	2000The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Ilse Witch (1) 1996The First King of Shannara (1) 1998Running with the Demon (1) 1977The sword of shannara (0)

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This review is based on the standard type of reviewing as given by the SDL.

Author: Terry Brooks
Titel: The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Ilse Witch
1st Print: 2001
Used Print: 2001
Number of pages: 459

1. The title means: The Jerle Shannara, which is a ship, will be travelling on a voyage on which they will be rivalled by: "The Ilse Witch".
2. Main characters:
- Walker Boh, the leader of the whole voyage, wise man, beard, druid.
- Hunter Predd, important figure for bringin much news, old man, flying on bird.
- Bek Rowe "Ohmsford", boy, just imoptant later in story, the one who will save many people.
- Quinten Leah, Bek Rowe's cousin, wieldss sword of Leah.
3. There isn't really a place where the story takes place, much because the story is about many people, so everytime you change person and because its a travel story. The fact is that you're travveling all the time form place to place and never have the story playing at the same spot and thats very good for me if im reading a story.
4. You can't compare the time in which the story plays with the time we handle (in the world we know as this universum). It's a fantasy world, but if i had to make a decision looking at the things they handle, i would say it was about the Middle ages. Because many people wield swords.
5. Sometimes in the story there are flashbacks, but the're used when a person remembers something or when someone tells a story about the past. Or on some occasions the story switches to another person a little time before to see the other side of the story. But for the rest the story is being told in chronological order.
6/7. In this story there is no narrator, all stories are being told first person perspective. So you get into the story very well I think.
8. As I previusly said it is a fantasy book, so there isn't someone that is trying to learn you something, it's pure amusement (happy me). But the book did affect me: I have never really liked fantasy books, but when i started to read this book, i couldn't stop reading (ectually I didn't want to read it, but since my other books were finished, I I had no other choise). So if anyone wanted to read a book, read this one.
9. In the story there are the problems of surviving were all characters run into, and like almost all stories the main characters survive. Another problem for one of the main characters is a morale one, at the end of the book she doesn't know who to believe and who not. That's a bit where the first part ends.
10. This story is a fantasy story, mainly because we havent experienced anything like that in our own history so it must be fiction ot fantasy, nowadays you cant really describe the differences between fantasy and fiction becuase those two got to be looking very much alike. I think it's fantasy because the backside of the book says it and becuase in fantasy like this book can happen lots more then in fiction, because fiction has to be more alike real life then fantasy and this book isn't.
11. I have a positive opinion about the book, I think its worth reading for anyone. Maybe the first few pages are to come into the story, but very soon afterwards you get so much into the book that you really have to shoot yourself out of the book to be able to quit it. This whole book was just the best scene and sometimes I came across a difficult word or phrase, but mostly I could make it up from the context, just once or twice I looked up something.

12. Review of the book:

The story is divided into parts of many diferent main characters who all have a story of themselves to tell.

It all started with a Wing Rider called "Hunter Predd" (a wing rider is a man or woman who rides on the back of a roc), when he spotted a man in the water which he brought to a healer, the man had a map with him on which a route towards a lost city was described "Castledown". Meanwhile a witch called the "Ilse Witch" had her spy's everywere around the four lands where they were. She came to hear that there was someone interesting there and she went to the ill man, after which she used her magic to gain entrance to his mind and see what he had been hiding, she found that he was royal and some remains of a map, after which she killed him softly with her so called "wishsong" (magic). The Wing Rider went top bring the news to the king of the elves. There was also a man " called "Walker", a Druid. He lives at Paranor in the mountains, and the king of the Elves wanted Hunter Predd to go to bring all this news to the druid, after which the druid went to the king to talk about it, they spoke for a long time and then Walker went to search for a suitable fellowship for tracking the ways the map indicated.

Bek Rowe is one of the main characters too, together with his cousin Quinten Leah. When walker went to them together with Hunter Predd they were hunting in the mountains of Wolfskaag. Walker wanted them to come on a journey to look for a treasure, but like all druids he doesn't tell you any more then really necesarry and so Bek and Quinten came on the journy. The boys were told to come to the main city of the elves called: "Arborlon". But on their way, they would have to go to some mountain range and ask "Thruls Rohk" to come on the same journey, at the same point, Quinten would have to try out the magic hidden in the old ancient sword he had been givin by his father. Like words follow deeds they got into trouble in the mountains looking for Truls Rohk. and Quinten had time to try this sword out. The sword would only reveal its magic when nessecary to defend it's owner. Just at the time he began to fail Truls Rohk showed up and saved them from the attackers, they asked their question and so they went along to Arborlon together with the guide that had led them through the mountains. Bek got some sort of bottle from a man called: The King of the River in trust, so that it could protect him on his way.

When Walker meets king "Allardron Elessidil", the king of the elves, they talk about a lot of things, about the kind of journey, the airships, defenses and to whom the treasure they found whould belong, but while making these decisions, there were spies in the nabourhood, and they tried to kill the king, but luckely they didn't succeeded, but when the home guard interfered, one of their arrows hit the old king. One thing was sure, the king would die, so he wrote everyting down as they had discussed about it. And thats were I continue this story.

Walker and Hunter Predd had gone to one of the ports to find a suitable "airship" and crew. They asked an old friend of walker and he pointed them at Spanner Frew, a very good builder. They were looking for rovers as crew because they had been the one who were born to travel, and they were the best at this point to use. They met someone called: "Redden Alt Mer" and his sister "Rue Meridian" (both Rovers). And like all Rover crews they were mercenaries, and when Walker had put enough money on table they couldn't do anything but accept the journey to be made. But the one who they had bought their info from whom send them to Spanner Frew, send a message with his foundings to a lady who would pay him well for the info.

Redden Alt Mer alias "Big Red" and Rue Meridian alias "Little Red" (maybe because of their red hairs!?!?!?), as they were called by almost everyone, were mercenaries in the army of the Federation (the ones in command in one of the four lands), and fighting against the "Free Born" on the airship "Black Moclips". Big Red was the only pilot in the history of airship fightings who had never been injured in an engagement in battle and never had more then a slpinter cut off his ship by an enemy. Little Red was famous too, but for her brutality and capabilies in fighting and trowing knives and even her brother Big Red couldn't do anything to stop her when she had something on her mind.
But they were tired of a war that wasn't even theirs, they had been fighting agains the Free Born for more then seven years. When Big Red mad a fight between him and a senior official from the Federation, they locked him up in jail. That was the piont were he, his sister, friends and crew were going to get off the job. His sister freed him while the others got ready for a trip to the ports.

The 2 Rovers and Walker went to a Rover port wich was rather well hidden, there they met Spanner Frew and they got talking about a ship. Walker thought about an airship well capable of manoeuvering very fast. They thought about one of the prototypes that had just been build, but Walker insisted on Spanner Frew coming with them as a mechanic, because he ofcourse knew the ship the best. They were just coming off the ship when all of a sudden Federation ships came in flying, so they ahd to flee. They came away by just a hair.

Hunter Predd and Walker went to get the seer "Addershag" because a seer couldn't be missed in such a journey, but when they came there they found that she had been dead for more then 5 year already, but they were send to a young girl called: Ryer Ord Star. she had been learning for a while by the Addershag. So she got on the journey. But als the Ilse Witch was waiting on her chance, she went to get an airship of her own, so went to one of her allies inside the federation who gave her the best ship ever mad, a fast but also good fighting ship. She would do him favours as well when she could, that man was one of the only "spies" of hers that was almost equal to her.

The fellowship (lord of the rings!?!?), consisting of Bek, Panax and Truls Rohk went to arborlon. When they got there they met a man called "Ard Patrinell", he would accompany them on their way on the airship, he was fired as a member of the Home Gard, because he was in charge when the king was murdered. Walker met with the new King, but the new king, although son of the old King, wasn't at all pleased with this journey. But you can't disregard the wishes of the dead king. But as "observator" he would send his younger brother, so that this guy could watch over everyting being done, but the rumour was that the king just wanted him out of the way so that there wouldn't be any other people to inharite the throne of the king. But together with Ard Patrinell and some Elven Hunters, Elven Scouts, Elven Prince, Bek, Quinten, Panax, Thruls Rohk, Big Red, Little Red, The Rover crew and Ryer Ords Star Walker and Hunter Predd went to the ship. When they were going to go the ship was called: "The Jerle Shannara". Underway they would pick up some other Wing Riders for the journey, from there on the journey was going to take a very, very, very long time.

They first were going to go to the Blue Divine. Meanwhile the seer had many odd visions. Then they went to the island where the first key was hidden to open the door to Castledown, when they got to the island, Walker asked Quinten to come with him down to the island. But when they came to the island at first they couldn't find the key, but with a bit of luck and lots of magic they found they place, but when Walker tried to dig in the soil, all of a sudden everywere came Eels (Monsters). And Quinten had to call upon the magic of the Sword Of Leah. finally Walker came to the key and as a Nut they they had to flee form the place to the airship again. They got to the ship just in time to stay out of the Eels's hands.

Then they continued tro the next island, and again the seer had some odd visions. Then on the next island the key was very hard to find, and who would suspect the key was hidden in a by magic possesed castle. Taht was were Truls Rohk took Bek Rowe with him down to the castle in the mid of the night. And when they came there, Truhls Rohk showed the Boy that by means of humming he had some sort of magic (the Wishsong as he would know later on). And together they went for a hunt to the treasure. When Bek hummed Truls Rohk could carry him inside the castle without there being a suspection of someone being in the castle. They got the key and went back to the ship.

When they were airborne again, they were lying to wait, becaus there was a big fog. And when they were lying there, all of a sudden Black Moclips came out of the fog and rammed them. And right away they were gone again as if theyhadn't ment to. On the other ship the Ilse witch had a confrontaion with one of her crew. Aboard the Jerle Shannara Truls Rohk was Missing.
Then Walker told Bek that he actually was not Bek Rowe, neiter Leah, but Bek Ohmsford. The decendant of the great Ohmsford family and that the Ilse Witch his sister was (Grianne Ohmsford). The he showed Bek The sword of shannara, a powerful sword that would reveal only the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. At that point Bek realised he that he hadn't come only on this voyage as the cousin of Quinten but as a worthy member of the fellowship.

Then they got to their final destination, the Blue Divide. When gone there Walker Boh told Bek that he had to use The sword of shannara to lead them trough some falling ice. So bek did and when they were on the other side they came into a valley and set their expedition off without the wing riders nor the Rover Crew (someone had to guard the ship). The expedition traveled a while till they came to another magnificent valley. And there was Castledown. A huge metal city, in such a state that it looked like it could collapse in seconds. They searched the city for some sort of an odd looking thing, but they didn't really know what to look for, so they watched everything. At that moment aborad the Jerle Shannara everyone fell asleep, because the wishsong of the Ilse witch caused it, and so she took over the Jerle Shannara. The Ilse Witch locked everyone up inside the ship. And she and a few mwellrets went after the Druid and his expedition.
Walker and his expedition had come to an open square in the middle of the city and there they saw a big tower in the middle, at that point Walker went to it alone and all of a sudden from everywere fire threads and Metal dogs attacked him. The other members of the company were to go back and wait for him, Walker himself fled into the tower and fell through a hole.

The rovers on the Jerle Shannara began to wake up again. At first Ruta Meridian and Furl Hawken, the co-pilote, and they tried to escape. They broek into a heavy fight in which Furl Hawken was killed and Rute Meridian was swepped overboard to be hanging on a rope beneath the airship.
The members of the fellowship fought vey hard, but a lot of them got killed and at that point Bek showed his great power of his wishsong by destructing every creeper there was (normally creepers are already really hard to defeat with a sword, but Bek made them to crap as if they were paper). Then Bek and some others fled. This is were the Ilse witch meets Ryer Ord Star when she is sitting beneath the tree, but when she discovers Bek being there too she askes who he is and he answers: Grianne, I'm your Borther.