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Books : Armageddon's Children (Genesis of Shannara) |
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Amazon.com's Price: $39.25 Prices subject to change.
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Binding: MP3 CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781423322597
Format: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
ISBN: 1423322592
Label: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: August 29, 2006
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Sales Rank: 2670808
Studio: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. His twenty-three international bestsellers have ranged from the beloved Shannara series to stories that tread a much darker path. Armageddon's Children is a new creation - the perfect opportunity for listeners unfamiliar with Brooks's previous work to experience an author at the height of his considerable storytelling powers. It is a gripping chronicle of a once-familiar world now spun shockingly out of control, in which an extraordinary few struggle to salvage hope in the face of terrifying chaos.
Logan Tom is doomed to remember the past and determined to rescue the future. Far behind him lies a boyhood cut violently short by his family's slaughter, when the forces of madness and hate swept our world after decadent excesses led to civilization's downfall. Somewhere ahead of him rests the only chance to beat back the minions of evil that are systematically killing and enslaving the last remnants of humanity. Navigating the scarred and poisoned landscape that once was America and guided by a powerful talisman, Logan has sworn an oath to seek out a remarkable being born of magic, possessed of untold abilities, and destined to lead the final fight against darkness.
Across the country, Angel Perez, herself a survivor of the malevolent death-dealing forces combing the land, has also been chosen for an uncanny mission in the name of her ruined world's salvation. From the devastated streets of Los Angeles, she will journey to find a place - and a people - shrouded in mystery, celebrated in legend, and vital to the cause of humankind . . . even as a relentless foe follows close behind, bent on her extermination. Meanwhile, in the nearly forsaken city of Seattle, a makeshift family of refugees has carved out a tenuous existence among the street gangs, mutants, and marauders fighting to stay alive against mounting odds - and something unspeakable that has come from the shadows in search of prey.
In time, all their paths will cross. Their common purpose will draw them together. Their courage and convictions will be tested and their fates will be decided, as their singular crusade begins: to take back, or lose forever, the only world they have.
In Armageddon's Children, Brooks brings his gifts as a mythmaker to the timeless theme of the unending, essential conflict between darkness and light - and carries his unique imaginative vision to a stunning new level. Prepare for a breathtaking tour de force. To those who are new to Terry Brooks, welcome. And to those who have read him for many years: prepare for a dramatic surprise.
Amazon.com Review:
If you have never read anything by beloved fantasy writer Terry Brooks, take your chance with Armageddon's Children, a rich and absorbing epic in which the world lies in ruins as the powers of darkness and light battle for control. Want to learn more? Watch our video featuring Terry Brooks:
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Strong fantasy
Brooks has written a long engaging tale of elves, humans, demons, and magic. Monsters include lizards, croaks, and a giant centipede. Children street gangs seek survival as demons lead once-men to wipe out the human race. The two remaining Kights of the Word are the only defence and their hope rests in finding the child born of magic, the gypsy morph. Brooks creates tension with external action and (long) interior monologs. His characters elicit sympathy. One is left hanging on disaster at ... Read More
Rating: - A new genesis
I've loved Brooks' writing for many years now and this new series continues his great tradition of excellent stories with great thoughts and values.
With this novel, Terry begins to bridge the gap between two of his main story threads...that of the world of Shannara and that of the world in the "Word and Void" series.
The characters are approachable and each filled with their own strengths and flaws. As readers, we are taken on a voyage of self discovery along with the characters ... Read More
Rating:  - Jumbled story lines and NO ENDING AT ALL
Armageddon's Children was a HUGE disappointment. I liked the Sword of Sh.. and the Magic Kingdom series, but this book was a waste of time for me. It felt like a very rough draft of a work for college creative writing. There are few different story lines, none of which were worth it to me. A male Knight of the Word with an impressive Assault Vehicle, another female knight who battles demons, some kids in a wasted city, and some odd story about Elves. One the male knight and the kids intersect anywhere ... Read More
Rating:  - exciting convergence of two series
This is a book I've been waiting for--a continuation of the demon series, connecting it to the Shannara series. I'm calling it horror instead of fantasy, because that's what the tone feels like to me--and because the demon trilogy was horror. Barnes & Noble calls it "dark fantasy," but isn't that really just another term for horror?
It's a post-apocalyptic world, a hundred years or so after Angel Fire East. Humankind has gathered into small groups for safety and survival, living in abandoned ... Read More
Rating: - snooze
Having just read Elves of Cintas I can only wonder how Terry Brooks
really makes a living. Same story line, just different characters, same
endless descriptions of bad weather journeys etc. If you cut the needless fill from his books you would have one good book for each of his trilogies.
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