The Elfstones of Shannara - Terry Brooks

After Reading The Sword of Shannara I decided to try out the next book by Terry Brooks in the Shannara series Called The Elfstones of Shannara.The book starts off 50 years after Shea Ohmsford and flick have destroyed the warlock lord.This book has been the most Graphic so far when describing the war between elf and demon.It get a bit gruesome at times when describing a demons killing elfs.I am all for very detailed books but this goes a bit to far in that event.Though saying that I did read to the end of the book and enjoyed it Thoroughly.It's one of those books that you just don't wanna put ... more

"The Elfstones of Shannara": The Sequel to "The Sword of Shannara" An epic novel of fantasy and adventure; the long awaited sequel… An ancient, ultimate evil threatened the elves and the race of men. For the Ellcrys (the tree of long lost Elven magic) was dying - loosing the spell of the forbidding that locked the Demons away from Earth. Already the fearsome Reaper was free; only one source had the awesome power to defeat it: Ok, so the story is told - for you and me: Many thousand years ago was a time of divine magic, not races of men and gnomes and trolls, but of Demons and Fairies ... more

I've read several of the Shannara series and none have been able to draw me into the story the way "Elfstones" did. One of the things that get you so caught up in it is that the characters are so young. They still live at home with their parents. Most characters of this genre are in there mid-twenties and thirties. They are well able to take care of themselves. Other than that this is your classic story of good versus evil. Evil tries to dominate the world, and your protagonists struggle with everything they have to stop it. Though the romance that is usually part and parcel to this type of ... more

In essence this book is the foundation of every story in every book that comes afterward. Terry has written well over a dozen books from the Shannara world, but without the events of this book, there could, perhaps, have never been a third book. Thankfully this book was written. It's an amazing story of very powerful magic, a race against time to renew a magical forcefield to keep demons from roaming the land, a race to find 'The Bloodfire' and emerse in it a single seed from an ancient tree, a tree that is the source of the forcefield Add to this, romance, comedy, thrills, battle scenes ... more

After having just recently become a huge fan of the Shannara series, I feel like I can give a good opinion on this book. I am reading them in oder of publishing, so this was obviously the second book I read by Terry Brooks. I cannot praise this book enough. From the fear of the reeper and the changeling, to the forbidding, to elves, to seeds and to many wonderful intertwining stories. I have to say that I did not see the twist at the end coming. Brooks has an ability to really draw you in and feel as if you are actually on a quest with the charcaters in the book. All in all, I would highly ... more

For any fans of fantasy literature who have yet to discover the Shannara books by Terry Brooks, shame on you! Now's your chance to follow my example and start finding out what millions of other readers have discovered. These books may be predictable good vs. evil adventure stories where completely implausible things happen, even within the conventions of the world created by the author, but they're written with such panache and love and an inimitable gift for pure storytelling that everything is excusable. And there's always just clever little twist at the end that you didn't see coming. Other ... more

The Elfstones of Shannara was Brooks' long awaited sequal to The Sword of Shannara and it didn't disappoint. It follows on from the first but is set a few years later and tells of the powerful elfstones we first met in 'Sword'. Wil Ohmsford must use the Elfstones to prevent a terrible evil from breaking through to the four lands and destroying everything. The only trouble is, Wil can not call up the stone's power as he has too little elven blood in him. Is this the end of the four races? The quest is fast paced and action packed, only letting you come up for breath at the last page. Not only ... more