{"id":640,"date":"2009-03-01T13:34:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T21:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2009-03-01T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2009-03-01T21:34:27","slug":"cover-art-the-magic-kingdom-of-landover-by-terry-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-the-magic-kingdom-of-landover-by-terry-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art | The Magic Kingdom of Landover by Terry Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best known for his successful Shannara<\/strong> line of novels, Terry Brooks is also the author of several other novels and series often overlooked by his fans. An under appreciated gem in Brooks’ library, the Magic Kingdom of Landover<\/strong> books successfully juxtapose humour and dark fantasy into short, blazingly fast novels.<\/p>\n

In preparation for the next volume in the series, A Princess of Landover<\/strong>, Del Rey<\/a> are releasing the earlier volumes in two omnibus edition. The cover of the first has just been revealed and it’s a beautiful thing, indeed!<\/p>\n\"The\n

From Brooks’ web site<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Magic Kingdom For Sale\u2014Sold! began a new bestselling series for Terry in 1986. The novel was a vast departure from the three sprawling epic fantasies he had written before it, the story of Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday and his purchasing of a real magic kingdom. Right from the start Terry told his readers Ben Holiday was an alter ego of sorts, as Terry used the fictional character to discuss his transition from lawyer to full-time writer. Terry wrote five volumes about Ben Holiday, his magic kingdom of Landover, and a whole cast of unique characters\u2014the last novel, Witches’ Brew, published in 1995.<\/p>\n

After 14 years, Terry has returned to the Magic Kingdom of Landover series with the forthcoming novel, A Princess of Landover!<\/p>\n

To celebrate Terry’s August 2009 return to The Magic Kingdom of Landover, Del Rey Books asked artist Steve Stone to create two new pieces of artwork to be used on collected omnibuses of the first five books in the series. The first omnibus, The Magic Kingdom of Landover: Volume I, contains the three novels Magic Kingdom For Sale\u2014Sold!, The Black Unicorn and Wizard At Large. Volume II contains the two novels The Tangle Box and Witches’ Brew.<\/p>\n

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On April 1st, Del Rey Books and I will send out the first of a new series of monthly Terry Brooks newsletters. The April newsletter will include the covers to Volume II and the new book, A Princess of Landover. Additional newsletters will contain more information, interviews with Terry, several fun contests, excerpts from all the books\u2014and some other surprises!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Good timing, considering The Tangle Box<\/strong> (the fourth volume in the series) is the next novel on my pile of books to be read!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best known for his successful Shannara line of novels, Terry Brooks is also the author of several other novels and series often overlooked by his fans. An under appreciated gem in Brooks’ library, the Magic Kingdom of Landover books successfully juxtapose humour and dark fantasy into short, blazingly fast novels. In preparation for the next… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n