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Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold (Landover)
Landover was a genuine, out-of-this-world magic kingdom, complete with fairy folk and wizardry, just as the advertisement had promised. But after he purchased it for a million dollars, Ben Holiday discovered that there were a few details the ad had failed to mention.
The kingdom was falling into ruin. The dragon Strabo was laying waste the countryside and the evil witch Nightshade was plotting to destroy everything. Ben's only followers were the incompetent Court Magician, Questar Thews, and Abernathy, the talking dog who served as Court Scribe. The Paladin, legendary champion of the Kings of Landover, seemed to be only a myth and an empty suit of armor. Of course, there was the lovely and devoted Willow -- but she had a habit of putting down roots in the moonlight and turning into a tree.
To put the final touch on the whole affair, Ben learned that the Iron Mark, ugly and terrible lord of the demons, had challenged all prospective Kings of Landover to a duel to the death -- a duel which no human could hope to win.
The task of proving his right to be King seemed hopeless. But Ben Holiday was stubborn.
A gripping story of mystery, magic, and adventure -- sure to delight fantasy readers everywhere.
Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio Paperback Audiobooks
Price: $13.36
 Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold (Landover)
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| User Reviews |  | Bright fantasy
rating: 4
Hey, I thought it was a funny concept! The usual magic kingdom of spells and fantasy galore winds up being sold in an eccentric's catalog. Sweet, cute, and pretty darn creative. Then of course we get the great fun of having the disbelieving new owner/"king" getting to discover what he has just bought.
It's certainly a fun book, and the characters are just a riot. Most of what the book has going for it is the humor and the imagination, and those are not bad reasons to read the book. And yet the emotion is still there, the loss that drives Ben to do something crazy.
It's not exceptionally original, but Brooks pulls it off very well.
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Magic Kingdom for Sale
rating: 4
What a fun story ! I read it years ago, and then read the series. Now I am ordering it for my grandson. Order it and ESCAPE into another time/space.
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Comedy, and a bit with a dog ...
rating: 4
This was one of the first fantasy novels that I had read after I had given up on the bulk of them in my early teens. I had ingested so much fantasy in my early years that I may not have been the best person to ask exactly what reality was. Being into Dungeons & Dragons also didn't help and so went my cold ingrained perspective on the world, which wouldn't rear its head again until my early thirties.
Brook's Magic Kingdom For Sale, Sold is the type of novel that has probably inspired a lot of other writers for the simple fact that this book is easy to read, has a very strong story from beginning to end, is engaging and is undoubtedly a cult classic, whether some of us like it or not. When I read Terry Brooks these days, I get a strange and uncanny feeling regarding J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter series. While this book is in no way a mirror of her books, it just has the same type of childish charm and allure that is so present in the first three Harry Potter adventures. The characters are equally engrossing and irascible.
I read this when it was released. I was an everyday sucker at the grocery store caught under the `spontaneous purchase' at the cash register and I was getting ready to bed down during my Senior Year to suffer through a bad case of chicken pox. I played a lot of Nintendo during those weeks, read a lot of Science Fiction and made my reading return back to fantasy after about a six or seven year absence. I wouldn't call Carlos Castaneda `Fantasy' per se, but some would, and that was when I moved on to read the classics, and rightly so.
I was glad I came back and read this, because I read the Shannara books right after and re-read the Tolkien books to see if Brooks really was ripping off Lord of The Rings or not, as many have accused.
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A hilarious, fun blend of mystery and fantasy.
rating: 5
Audio narrator Dick Hill has had vast experience narrating gripping stories, which is one of the selling points to the audio version of Book One in the 'magic Kingdom of Landover' series, MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE - SOLD!. Landover is a real magic kingdom purchased by Ben, who finds only after his acquisition that the kingdom is in ruin. There's even an evil witch and a dragon wrecking havoc on his new purchase. Add in the contested rights to his assuming the position of King and you have a hilarious, fun blend of mystery and fantasy.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold
rating: 5
I am a huge Terry Brooks fan. This book does not disappoint. I have introduced my grandson to Terry Brooks, and he enjoyed this book as much as I did.
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