Witches' Brew
core novel 1995 Magic Kingdom of Landover
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (11,286 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 304 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345387011 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
In this fifth Landover novel, King Ben Holiday faces a mysterious usurper who claims to hail from another world entirely, demands Ben's throne as his own, and backs the claim by unleashing dangerous magical creatures against Landover's defenders. At the same time, the witch Nightshade seizes the chance created by the chaos to abduct Ben and Willow's infant daughter Mistaya, intending to corrupt the child's budding magical abilities toward her own ends rather than raise her within the royal court. Compounding the crisis, Questor Thews and Abernathy find themselves stranded on Earth once again, cut off from Landover just when their king needs them most, leaving Ben to face both the usurper's challenge and his daughter's kidnapping with a diminished circle of allies.
Where it sits
- Universe: Magic Kingdom of Landover
- Series: Magic Kingdom of Landover core; position 5 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Brooks
Notes
- From the series record (Magic Kingdom of Landover): Distinct continuity from Terry Brooks's Shannara -- a lawyer buys a fictional magic kingdom advertised for sale and becomes its king.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Magic Kingdom of Landover: position 5 of 6: previous The Tangle Box (1994) · next A Princess of Landover (2009)
Sources
- Rating-platform listing: Magic Kingdom of Landover series
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches%27_Brew_(novel)
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