Product Description Read by Kate BurtonThree cassettes / 4 hoursWhen Running with the Demon appeared two years ago, it was recognized at once as a masterpiece in the making, a bold departure that promised to revitalize contemporary urban fantasy and showcase Terry Boorks's vast storytelling gifts as never before.  The second book of the series, A Knight of the Word, raised expectations even higher.  Now, in Angel Fire East, sure to be hailed as his most ambitious, most accomplished work yet, Terry Brooks brings his bestselling epic trilogy of good and evil to an unforgettable close.As a Knight of the Word, John Ross has struggled against the tireless dark forces of the Void for twenty-five years.  A rootless wanderer scarred as deeply by the magic he weilds as by the unspeakable horrors he has witnessed in its service, Ross is driven by dreams that show the world reduced to blood and ashed by the Void and its minions.  The grim future he dreams each night will come true unless he can stop them now, in the present.  But for all his power, John Ross is only one man, while the demons he hunts--and which hunt him in turn--are legion. Review "That is Brooks' way of casting spells--transporting his readers into plausible realms where sorcery is alive, whether those places are in other ages or right in the middle of our own.  As a result, he's reaped more than a few magical moments . . ."--Seattle Times"Superior to most of the fantasy fiction being published today."--Rocky Mountain News From the Paperback edition. From the Inside Flap BurtonThree cassettes / 4 hoursWhen Running with the Demon appeared two years ago, it was recognized at once as a masterpiece in the making, a bold departure that promised to revitalize contemporary urban fantasy and showcase Terry Boorks's vast storytelling gifts as never before.  The second book of the series, A Knight of the Word, raised expectations even higher.  Now, in Angel Fire East, sure to be hailed as his most ambitious, most accomplished work yet, Terry Brooks brings his bestselling epic trilogy of good and evil to an unforgettable close.As a Knight of the Word, John Ross has struggled against the tireless dark forces of the Void for twenty-five years.  A rootless wanderer scarred as deeply by the magic he weilds as by the unspeakable horrors he has witnessed in its service, Ross is driven by dreams that show the world reduced to blood and ashed by the Void and its minions.  T About the Author A writer since high school, Terry Brooks published his first novel, The Sword of Shannara, in 1977.  It was a New York Times bestseller for more than five months.  He has published fifteen consecutive bestsellers since, including the novel based upon the screenplay and story by George Lucas:  Star Wars®:Episode I The Phantom Menace TM.  His novels Running with the Demon and A Knight of the Word are also available from Random House Audiobooks.READER BIO:Kate Burton's theater work includes Broadway appearances in Doonesbury and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company.  She has previously read Running with the Demon and A Knight of the Word for Random House Audiobooks. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. He stands at the edge of a barren and ravaged orchard looking up from the base of a gentle rise to where the man hangs from a wooden cross. Iron spikes have been hammered through the man's hands and feet, and his wrists and ankles have been lashed tightly in place so he will not tear free. Slash wounds crisscross his broken body, and he bleeds from a deep puncture in his side. His head droops in the shadow of his long, lank hair, and the rise and fall of his chest as he breathes is shallow and weak.Behind him, serving as a poignant backdrop to the travesty of his dying, stands the fire-blackened shell of a tiny, burned-out country church. The cross from which the man hangs has been stripped from the sanctuary, torn free from the metal bra