The Tangle Box (Landover Series) [Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged] [MP3 CD]

Terry Brooks (Author), Dick Hill (Reader)

Book Description

Series: Landover Series | Publication Date: May 29, 2008

Book Four in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series Everything should have been quiet and pleasant for Ben Holiday, former Chicago lawyer become sovereign of the Magic Kingdom of Landover. But it wasn't. Horris Kew, conjurer, confidence-man, and trickster, had returned to Landover from Ben's own world. Alas, Horris had not returned of his own volition - he had been sent by the Gorse, a sorcerer of great evil, whom Horris had unwittingly freed from the magic Tangle Box, where it had long ago been imprisoned by the fairy folk. Now it had returned to enslave those who had once dared to condemn it. But first, it would rid Landover of all who could stand in its way . . . Soon Ben found himself imprisoned within the gloom of the Tangle Box, lost in the mists and its labyrinthine ways. The only one who could free Ben from the tangle box was the lady Willow. But she had disappeared, gone from Landover on a mysterious mission of her own. . .

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Brooks's 1994 novel creates a vast imaginary world telling the tale of the mysterious Tangle Box that threatens the Kingdom of Landover. With his trademark straightforward approach, Dick Hill brings this story to life in a realistic and believable reading that is wonderfully underplayed yet subtly wondrous and otherworldly. Hill's characters are real and honest, his omniscient narrator a guiding light for this complicated fable. Once again displaying his massive dialectical pallet, Hill offers memorable characters sure to entertain and enthrall listeners for hours. A Del Rey paperback (Reviews, Apr. 4, 1994). (May)
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From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up—Horris Kew, an Ichabod Crane look-alike who was exiled to Earth, and his bird Bigger have unwittingly returned to the Magic Kingdom of Landover and brought back with them an Evil darkness. So begins Terry Brooks's light fantasy (Random/Del Rey, 1994) narrated by Dick Hill, whose reading will immediately draw in listeners. Discover exactly what or who the Evil Darkness is, whether Ben will make it out of the Tangle Box, why Willow leaves her husband, Ben, and goes off on a journey by herself, and what will become of the kingdom of Landover. Who will stop the ancient Evil and save the kingdom? Hill's narration provides unique voices and distinct personalities for each character. What fun to have a king, a queen, a court scribe who is part dog, a court wizard, a witch, a dragon, a faerie-cat, a talking bird, and an ancient Evil populate this tale. For those unfamiliar with any of the previous titles in the series, it may be a bit difficult at the beginning to figure out the nature of some of the characters, but as the story progresses it is fairly easy to catch up. High school students will enjoy this humorous fantasy with adult situations.—Anita Lawson, Otsego High School, MI
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Product Details

• MP3 CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD; MP3 Una edition (May 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423350413
• ISBN-13: 978-1423350415
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,815,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Lanover Novel and a Top Notch Audio Production!, October 13, 2009

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This review is from: The Tangle Box (Landover Series) (Audio CD)

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As simple as this world of Landover is and the small number of characters involved in Landover, Terry Brooks somehow finds a way to make yet another interesting story to the Landover series. The voice acting is done by Dick Hill who had done all the Landover audio books up to this point and has done yet another good job, and because Dick does all the Landover books it brings a welcomed sense of familiarity.

The story brings another character from Earth that was exiled from Landover back into the story: This time its Horris Kew who is a conjuror with a similar ability of Questor Thews to get into trouble with his magic, but in the case of Horris Kew he is very selfish and his mistakes usually become evil mistakes, as happens in this story when he opens the Tangle Box. Somehow he had possession of the Tangle Box on Earth and when fleeing his latest snafu and the Tangle Box talks to Horris Kew and his bird companion Biggar and gets them to let whoever is in the Tangle Box out.

The creature imprisoned in the box is a fairy mist creature called the Gorse, and he wants revenge of the fairy world for imprisoning him in the box, but to do that he must get rid of the powers of Landover: Ben Holiday, Strabo the dragon and Nightshade the witch, which he does with Horris Kew's help by placing them into the Tangle Box where they lose their memory and are lost in a labyrinth.

On another quest is Willow who is to have he baby, and for her child since she is to be born of Landover, the Fairy Ream, and of Earth must collect earth from all three worlds and root herself in these solids to give birth. As expected the two quests of hers and Ben Holiday become entwined.

This was a very enjoyable Landover book, one of my favorites. If you like Landover you should have no problem liking this audio production of The Tangle Box.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy thriller come alive in audio., September 5, 2008

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This review is from: The Tangle Box (Landover Series) (Audio CD)

Terry Brooks' THE TANGLE BOX receives veteran narrator Dick Hill's excellent style and decades of experience as it tells of Ben Holiday, a former Chicago lawyer now king of the Magic Kingdom of Landover. Ben finds himself imprisoned within the Tangle Box, lost in its world, when conjurer Horris gets the upper hand and works evil - and a mysterious woman who has vanished from the elven kingdom is the only one who can rescue him in this fantasy thriller come alive in audio.