Running with the Demon

Running with the Demon is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the first book in the Word & Void fantasy series. It was first published in 1997 by Ballantine's Del Rey division. It is followed by the novel A Knight of the Word.

Running with the Demon
First edition
AuthorTerry Brooks
Cover artistGerald Brom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWord & Void series
GenreDark fantasy
PublisherDel Rey Books
Publication date
19 August 1997
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages420 (hardcover edition)
448(paperback edition)
ISBN0-345-37962-4
OCLC36582033
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3552.R6596 R86 1997
Followed byA Knight of the Word 

Plot summary

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Malevolent creatures have hidden themselves for many years in Sinnissippi Park, in Hopewell, Illinois. A man named John Ross is drawn to the town, plagued by nightmares warning him that an unspeakable evil is about to be unleashed on the world. A teenager, Nest Freemark, has powers that she does not fully understand, and uses them in the battle between good and evil.[1]

Characters

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The characters in the book are:[citation needed]

Errors

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There are a few errors in Brooks' novel.[original research?]

Dates given in Terry Brooks' subsequent novel Armageddon's Children confirm that Running with the Demon takes place in 1997. However, like the other books in the Word/Void trilogy, the days of the week mentioned in the novel do not fall on the given calendar dates.[citation needed]

Another discrepancy is associated with the character Derry Howe, described as a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving two tours of duty. A news article gives his age as 38 years old. The story takes place in 1997, indicating that Derry would have been 16 years old at the time the Vietnam War ended in 1975. However, it also says he is "on the downside of forty."[citation needed]

A third error is given when Nest is said to be training for the Summer Olympics to be held in Melbourne, Australia. The next upcoming Summer Olympics in 2000 were in Sydney, Australia, not Melbourne.

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