Bearers of the Black Staff (Legends of Shannara Duology)
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455826324 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
After rescuing talented teen Trackers Panterra Qu and Prue Liss, Sider asks them to warn the Children of Hawk. . The last known Knight of the Word, Sider Ament, wields a powerful black staff that he hopes to pass to a new leader. All rights reserved. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly The horrors of a war-ravaged world again invade a hard-won peace in Brooks's intense follow-up to 2008's The Gypsy Morph. Now the wall has been breached by demons.
Together, Ament, the two young Trackers, and a daring Elf princess race to spread word of the encroaching danger and spearhead plans to defend their ancestral home. When Sider Ament, the only surviving descendant of the Knights of the Word, detects unknown predators stalking the valley, he fears the worst. Five hundred years have passed since the devastating demon-led war that tore apart the United States, leaving nothing but scorched and poisoned ruins, and nearly exterminating humankind. And when Panterra Qu and Prue Liss, expert Trackers from the human village of Glensk Wood, find two of their own gruesomely killed, there can be no doubt: The once safe haven of generations has been laid bare and made vulnerable to whatever still lurks in the wasteland of the outside world. But suspicion and hostility among their countrymen threaten to doom their efforts from within while beyond the breached borders, a ruthless Troll army masses for invasion. And in the thick of it all, the last wielder of the black staff and its awesome magic must find a successor to carry on the fight against the cresting new wave of evil.. But after five
Required read for Shannara fans, after the other prequels Joel Dalton This is a necessary book in the series, tying together the (6) prequel novels with the rest of the Shannara series. It ties a lot of stuff together and I noticed a lot of things I thought were important.I noticed that when the world was destroyed because of the machinations of man and the remnants escaped to be protected until it was safer, they still didn't learn. You can see several places where greed and selfishness are causing the same types of problems as before and how no one seems to have learned from their mistakes.You get to see what has become of the Knights of the Word, as well. Also, while it's never clearly s. Terry Brooks continues to AMAZE in the World of Shannara First off, I am a huge Terry Brooks fan and an avid reader of many genre both Fiction and Non-Fiction.This book, one of three in the series, is the glue that binds the Old World to the World of Shannara. Brooks has captured the essence of of the struggle for survival in a magical and post-apocalyptic world. The book flows as well as his first book, "The Sword of Shannara" and continues to surprise me just as he has done since 1977.High highly recommend this book and the series.If you are new to the World of Shannara or Terry Brooks then I would recommend also purchasing his other books as well.As for the cost of the book . Brooks is running out of steam Legends of Shannara PART 1This is not a terrible book, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't a hard core Terry Brooks fan. Even then it's far from I'm used to from this author. I thought The Word & The Void trilogy was incredible, and the Genesis of Shannara trilogy was really good, too This one was just kinda, "Meh!"Not surprisingly this book was inappropriately titled, Bearers Of The Black Staff. (This seems to be a recurring issue with Brooks.) This story had very little to do with the Knights of the Word. In fact, there was only one known remaining bearer of the black staff, and he was hardly a traditional K