The Elves of Cintra (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 2)
Across the ruined landscape that is America–hopelessly poisoned, plague-ridden, burned, and besieged by demon armies bent on exterminating all mortal life–two pilgrims have been summoned to serve the embattled cause of good. Logan Tom has journeyed to desolate Seattle to protect a ragged band of street urchins and the being known as “the gypsy morph,” who is both mortal and magical, and destined to save mankind unless he is destroyed. Likewise, Angel Perez has her own quest, one that will take her from the wreckage of Los Angeles to a distant, secret place untouched by the horrors of the nationwide blight–a place where the race of Elves has dwelled since before man existed. But close behind these lone Knights of the Word swarm the ravening forces of the Void.
As the menacing thunder of war drums heralds the arrival of the demons and their brutal minions in Seattle, the young survivors who call themselves the Ghosts are forced to brave the dangerous world of gangs, mutants, and worse to escape the invasion. And Logan Tom must infiltrate a refugee compound to rescue Hawk, the leader of the street urchins, who has yet to learn the truth about who and what he is. Meanwhile, Angel Perez has joined an equally urgent mission: to find the Ellcrys, a fabled talisman crucial to protecting the Elven realm against an influx of unspeakable evil from the dread dimension known as the Forbidding. But Angel and her Elf allies must beware–for a demon spy, with a monstrous creature at its command, walks among them.
As the legions of darkness draw the noose tighter, and the time of confrontation draws near, those chosen to defend the soul of the world must draw their battle lines and prepare to fight with, and for, their lives. If they fail, humanity falls.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 17, 2007 Type: User Review |
Good Book Has Some Flaws
I love Terry Brooks. I've loved him since I cracked open The Sword of Shannara. But lately the man has fallen behind in his ways to amaze me. This book the second book after Armageddon's Children is a luke-warm follow up to its predecessor. At...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 13, 2007 Type: User Review |
awesome series
I got sucked into the Knight of Word series and followed Terry to this series and have really enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next in the series and going back to reread all the Shannara books from the beginning!
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Wait for the paperback . . .
You might as well save your money. Not only is the book not one of Terry's best, it suffers from his middle syndrome let-down and it's also inferior in quality to the other hardcover books released in this series.
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Solid Read
I've been a Terry Brooks fan since i read The Sword of Shannara when i was real young. So i've read just about all the fantasy he's written and i think the idea of tying the elves and the world we know in the Shannara books to a modern near...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 09, 2007 Type: User Review |
Entertaining but not his best work
If you enjoy a good, predictable fantasy story, this book is for you. The characters are not well developed. As stated in one of the other reviews, the author makes too much use of characters "pulling their knees to their chest and rocking" as...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 06, 2007 Type: User Review |
can't get enough of terry brooks
he is one of my favorite authors, one reason being i can never anticipate what he may or may not do to his characters. most books, i can pick it up knowing that the main characters will succeed and get out of the situation alive and happy. this is...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 04, 2007 Type: User Review |
What happened?
So for a year I have been eagerly awaiting this book, as I usually do whenever Terry is working on something new. The Word/Void books are second to none and Armageddon's Children was excellent.
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 04, 2007 Type: User Review |
a terrific bleak epic tale of an earth destroyed by human excesses
Five decades into the future earth is a terrible place to live as pollution is everywhere with plague being the norm. Most humans live inside fortifications never venturing outside the walls if they want to live as human predators are everywhere,...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 31, 2007 Type: User Review |
Great Middle Book
So many middle books lag -- just look at A FEAST FOR CROWS by George RR Martin -- but this one doesn't! It goes somewhere with likable characters that develop with each page turned.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
Where is the cadence, the rhythm, the art?
Warning: If you are a Brooks sycophant this review is going to cause your Elf Stones to glow blue, or your Wishsong to rise in your throat.
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2.00/5 |
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