Title: The Elfstones of Shannara
Author: Terry Brooks
Format: PB
Pages: 564
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Del Rey, 1984
ISBN-13: 978-0345285546
Series: Shannara, Book 2
Favorite Quote: The legend was not legend. The legend was life. Evil did indeed lie beyond a Forbidding that the Ellcrys maintained. Only she kept the Elven people safe. And now she was dying.
Synopsis (Amazon): Ancient Evil threatens the Elves: The ancient tree created by long-lost Elven magic, is dying. When Wil Ohmsford is summoned to guard the Amberle on a perilous quest to gather a new seed for a new tree, he is faced with the Reaper, the most fearsome of all Demons. And Wil is without power to control them....
Review: What a huge difference from Book 1! This was a really great read. Adventure, excitement, and an original storyline. I'm very happy that I decided to continue this series. I say skip Book 1 all together and start right in with this one. While the stories are very remotely related, I don't think anything would be missed by doing so. In fact, I wish I had skipped it to be honest. I am already beginning Book 3 and can see promise for it as well. I hope the rest of the series is as good as this book was.
Rating: 4 / 5
yes agree very good book. the story on the island was very intense and almost couldnt stop reading.
ReplyDeleteThis is the suggested reading order of the series made by Terry Brooks himself (taken from his website) if anyone decide to go and discover the Shannara world. I did the first 9 books or in other word the complete Shannara series and will soon move on with the other series....just cant stop reading Terry Brooks...
http://www.terrybrooks.net/novels/reading-orders/
The Sword of Shannara
- In the Shadow of the Warlock Lord – first 1/3 of The Sword of Shannara
- The Druids’ Keep – middle 1/3 of The Sword of Shannara
- The Secret of the Sword – last 1/3 of The Sword of Shannara
The Elfstones of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara
A Shannara Novella
Indomitable – An epilogue to The Wishsong of Shannara
A Shannara Graphic Novel
Dark Wraith of Shannara
The Heritage of Shannara
The Scions of Shannara
The Druid of Shannara
The Elf Queen of Shannara
The Talismans of Shannara
A Shannara Prequel
First King of Shannara
The Word & Void Novels
Running with the Demon
A Knight of the Word
Angel Fire East
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
Ilse Witch
Antrax
Morgawr
High Druid of Shannara
Jarka Ruus
Tanequil
Straken
Genesis of Shannara
Armageddon’s Children
The Elves of Cintra
The Gypsy Morph
Legends of Shannara
Bearers of the Black Staff (in stores)
The Measure of the Magic