Terry Brooks
Hardcover | Pages: 366 pages Rating: 4.04 | 7166 Users | 539 Reviews
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| Title | : | Wards of Faerie (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1) |
| Author | : | Terry Brooks |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 366 pages |
| Published | : | August 21st 2012 by Del Rey |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy |
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Tumultuous times are upon the world now known as the Four Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. The dwindling Druid order is threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the secret account of an Elven girl’s heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones, which once warded the lands and kept evil at bay. But never has a little knowledge been so very dangerous—as Aphenglow quickly learns when she’s set upon by assassins. Yet there can be no turning back from the road to which fate has steered her. Whoever captures the Elfstones and their untold powers will surely hold the advantage in the devastating clash to come.Identify Books Concering Wards of Faerie (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1)
| Original Title: | Wards of Faerie |
| ISBN: | 0345523474 (ISBN13: 9780345523471) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1, Shannara (Chronological Order) #25, Shannara (Publication Order) #27, Shannara - Terry's Suggested Order for New Readers #23 , more |
| Characters: | Aphenglow Elessedil, Drust Chazhul, Stoon, Khyber Elessedil, Ard Rhys, Railing Ohmsford, Redden Ohmsford, Oriantha |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2012) |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 7166 Users | 539 ReviewsAssessment Of Books Wards of Faerie (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #1)
I liked this one a lot. You could say all Terry Brooks books are kind of the same with similar characters and similar story lines, but that doesn't bother me as much. I think he does keep adding new twists and I really like his way of writing. I loved Aphenglow and her story.I love Brooks, and I love Shannara, but this was not one of his better ventures into that land. From start to finish, it followed a predictive pattern, and while he could get away with reusing the same plots over and over again when his characters were all unique and interesting, the characters in this one were bland and stock as well. Nothing about the Ohmsfords (always my favorites!) made them stand out. The Druids were dull and blended together. Even Khyber was shadowy and dim. The bad guys
3.5 stars if I could.Terry Brooks, the master of fetch quest stories, continues on with the start of another Shannara trilogy, and once again, I am gobbling it up like candy. I just can't help myself.I have been reading Terry Brooks since...well...since I learned how to read books on my own. This man, this author, has been a part of my childhood and now a part of my adulthood my entire life. I have grown up with Shanarra and the Four Lands have always been there for me, because of this, these
This book was reviewed by Michael Cummings, senior reviewer with the Fantasy Book Addict.It was with a little trepidation that I began reading Wards of Faerie. It had been decades since Id last read a Terry Brooks novel, and the Shannara series was never one I had gotten into too deeply, mostly for a lack of resources. I knew that over the years the breadth of the story had grown, and that series that didnt used to be related, like the Word and the Void, had been incorporated into the larger
Terry Brooks is a terrific writer. The world he's created is incredibly detailed, alive, interesting. His characters are also compelling and he writes very good plots. However, after many years writing about the same world, it's only natural that the author will start to repeat himself. There are a lot of familiar themes and situations and even characters that are easily recognised from past novels. I've read every single book Terry Brooks has written, with the exception of his short stories.
I didn't like the last book, The Measure of the Magic: a bit of an awkward title, hard-to-pronounce villain's name, politics when I want adventure. At first I felt the title was a bit... off... but not so much as I thought the last book's was. So I went into this one sceptical, but hopeful.And boy, was I happy with it. This is definitely Terry's BEST in several years. I liked the Armageddon's Children trilogy and Bearers of the Black Staff, but it was good to be back to the other end of the
Come on, I can't believe after 35 years of publishing Terry Brooks is still writing the same simple plot structure in every book he writes of setting out on a quest. I mean how many times can you do that with basically the same characters and similar quests, but jumping a few years in the timeline. If I kept writing the same thing over and over again I would have gotten tired of it already, but I guess he never will. I wish he would just finished the Shannara series, as many who wrote in the 70s
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