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Ben Holiday, once a Chicago attorney, is now the sovereign of the Magic Kingdom of Landover. When Horris Kew, a volatile conjurer, returns from the human world and frees the ancient Gorse, the sorcerer of great evil, the Tangle Box—long imprisoned by fairy folk—reopens to ensnare those who would oppose it. Ben becomes trapped within the box’s misty labyrinth, and only Willow, the missing lady of the realm, could set him free. Now he must navigate the tangled corridors to confront the unleashed threat and restore peace to Landover.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Terry Brooks
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