A Knight of the Word
- Published
- 1 January 1998
- Pages
- 397
- ISBN-13
- 9780356213590
- Type
- novel
About this book
A Knight of the Word followed in 1998 at 397 pages, picking up years later as a guilt-stricken Ross seeks out Nest again for a mission against a corrupted magician in Seattle.
Key facts about A Knight of the Word
Terry Brooks wrote A Knight of the Word, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1998. The book has 397 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780356213590 to find the main one.
A Knight of the Word is book 2 of 3 in the Word and Void series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Running with the Demon (1997).
Additionally, Terry Brooks writes The Original Shannara Trilogy, The Magic Kingdom of Landover and The Heritage of Shannara, plus 9 more series. Those series sit on our epic fantasy, fantasy and urban fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Brona is the latest published Terry Brooks book on file, from 25 August 2026.
About Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks is one of modern fantasy's most commercially important authors, best known for The Sword of Shannara (1977), which became the first work of fantasy fiction to appear on the New York Times bestseller list and proved, alongside Tolkien's continuing popularity, that there was a mass commercial audience for epic fantasy. See every Terry Brooks book in order.
Its place in Word and Void
A Knight of the Word is book 2 in the Word and Void series. It follows Running with the Demon. It is followed by Angel Fire East. See the full Word and Void reading order.
Terry Brooks's Word and Void trilogy is his only Shannara-adjacent work set in the real, contemporary world, following John Ross, a Knight of the Word cursed with visions of a devastated future America if he fails in his mission, and Nest Freemark, a girl in small-town Hopewell, Illinois, whose latent magic and family secrets make her central to the hidden fight between the Word (order, magic, and the natural world) and the Void (chaos and corruption). Running with the Demon introduces both characters as a demon…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780356213590