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Bearers Of The Black Staff (Legends Of Shannara #1) (2010)

by Terry Brooks(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1841495832 (ISBN13: 9781841495835)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Orbit

series

Legends of Shannara

review 1: Another fine entry in Terry Brooks' saga of Shanara. This book continues Brooks' attempt to fill in the gap between his Running with Demons series, Genesis of Shanara series, and the Shanara series proper. This story takes place 500 years after the Genesis series, and follows the group that Hawk left behind when he disappeared into what we believe becomes Shanara. They have been walled off by magic from the world destroyed by nuclear war. Now that wall is breaking down, and people have to figure out how to adjust their thinking, and perhaps way of living.
review 2: Totally captivating plot that pulls the reader right in. Who couldn't love the characters? The 'Gray Man' who bears the magical black staff is Sider Ament. Panterra Qu, 17 years old and Prue, 15 y... moreears old are Trackers with special skills. All are sheltered in a valley with communities of Humans, Elves, Lizards (trolls) and Spiders that have been protected from the outside world for the past 500 years by a magical wall of mist. Everything changes when that world is threatened. I love how Brooks introduces his characters through action packed sequences that invoke the characters interior thoughts, motivations, fears, and desires. Secondary characters are well fleshed out. The fantastical world is described so well that the readers is immediately immersed in a believable alternate universe. One critique of Brooks that I've read is that his plots are formulaic. That may be. I have yet to read another Brooks novel. If it is so, the formula really works in this tale. less

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