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| Original Title: | Bearers of the Black Staff |
| ISBN: | 0345484177 (ISBN13: 9780345484178) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Legends of Shannara #1, Shannara (Chronological Order) #7, Shannara (Publication Order) #24, Shannara - Terry's Suggested Order for New Readers #21 , more |
| Characters: | Sider Ament, Panterra Qu, Prue Liss, Isoleld, Phryne, Tasha Orullian, Tenerife Orullian, Aislinne Kray, Skeal Eile, Deladion Inch, Arik Sarn, Taureq Siq |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2010) |
Terry Brooks
Hardcover | Pages: 353 pages Rating: 4.04 | 9371 Users | 477 Reviews
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| Title | : | Bearers of the Black Staff (Legends of Shannara #1) |
| Author | : | Terry Brooks |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 353 pages |
| Published | : | August 24th 2010 by Del Rey |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Epic. Science Fiction Fantasy. High Fantasy. Adventure |
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This was an interesting and entertaining story from the Shannara world history. This one tells us of events that occur a few centuries after the time frame of The Gypsy Morph. It gets us closer to the period of Brooks's classic work, The Sword of Shannra, but we're not there yet. This book does end with a lot unresolved, so I'll need to push on to The Measure of the Magic to get those answers. But that said, this one is enjoyable. There are a few characters that stand out as particularly interesting (Prue, Inch, and Mistral), while others are likeable but fairly typical Brooks heroes. The story is solid, and though predictable in places for Brooks veterans, there are a few surprises here and there. I wouldn't recommend this to a newcomer to the Shannara books (too much would be missed that happened before), but it is a good way to spend a few hours for a fan of Terry Brooks and his series.Rating Epithetical Books Bearers of the Black Staff (Legends of Shannara #1)
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It is quite a ways from the modern day world to the fantasy realm of Shannara. Through the Word and Void, Genesis of Shannara and Legends of Shannara series Terry Brooks attempts to relate how one led to the other throughout a series of events. Legends of Shannara is the last of the prequel series, and I am sorry to say it is not as good as the first two prequel series. The characters in it are less rounded, and the plot seems less well thought through. Terry Brooks has the tendency to writeTerry Brooks just can't miss in my humble opinion and in Bearers of the Black Staff he hits another bullseye. My only problems with Brooks is that he at times sets an impossibly high bar for himself. BotBS isn't one of his best but only because it's part one in a two part duology and I just can't bring myself to call an unfinished work one of his best when he regularly closes his stories with such grace and power. That said, I'm hooked. The setup is amazing and having to wait for the resolution
*phone rings*"Hello?""Hi, is this faithful reader?""Uh, Yeah...""Hey, this Terry Brooks calling, just wanted to let you know I'm phoning it in on this one... Probably for now on really... Anyway, thought you should know."*click*Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.
Another story begins in the Shannara world. I'm not sure what I thought. It was enjoyable, but nothing special. It ends in a cliffhanger, but I expected that (being that it's the first in a trilogy), so it didn't bother me. I think what's really bothering me about the new Shannara books is that I miss old Shannara. All of these prequels about the history of the world.. They're okay in idea, but for me they take away part of the mystery that was Shannara.As much as I hate to admit it, I think
I want the next book! Really enjoyed the first in this two book series. Terry Brooks books just keep getting better.
BOOK BLURB:Five hundred years have passed since the devastating demon-led war that almost exterminated humankind. Those who escaped the carnage were led to sanctuary by the boy saviour known as Hawk: the gypsy morph. But now, the unimaginable has come to pass: the cocoon of protective magic surrounding the valley has vanished. When Sider Ament, last surviving Knight of the Word, detects unknown predators stalking the valley, and Trackers from the human village of Glensk Wood, find two of their
I first encountered Shannara during the Golden Age of SFmy golden age, that is. The Sword of Shannara was published in 1977, when I was just fourteen years old. Close enough. At the time, its shameless post-apocalyptic pastiche of Tolkien seemed new, and I happily picked up several more books in the series. Sure, it's the kind of thing EFP (Extruded Fantasy Product) was named for, but sometimes that's exactly what you want.More than thirty years and twenty volumes later, though... well, Brooks
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