Hi, I was just looking at amazon.com and read a synopsis of the next book
due out in August. I had heard that this was going to be a book that
predates First King of Shanarra. In reading about the book, it looks as
if
this next saga will be linking the stories of the "Word and the Void" and
"Shannara". Below is what is written up on amazon.
Extrapolating from current world events, Brooks projects a worst-case
scenario in which the steady destruction of all humankind is a reality.
Plagues have killed half a billion, weapons of mass destruction have
decimated entire populations, and the few survivors have retreated into a
siege mentality, turning city stadiums into walled compounds and shutting
out the "freaks"--those who have mutated from breathing the polluted air
and
drinking the badly fouled water. A variety of principals propel the
transfixing yarn Brooks spins in this setting: Logan Tom and Angel Perez,
both Knights of the Word committed to keeping the magic that binds all
things together in balance; Hawk, a street kid who leads a group of other
young people in Seattle; Kirisin, a young elf who is one of the Chosen
safeguarding the Ellcrys, a magnificent tree upon whose existence the
lives
of the elves depend and whose safety is now threatened; and the demons and
their minions, the once-men, who have been subverted by false promises and
lies. Everything and everyone moves inexorably toward a deadly
confrontation
in the Northwest. Characterizations are dynamic and multidimensional, the
descriptions of the land as well as the ruined cities and small towns are
compelling, the action and battles are mesmerizing, and, as is Brooks'
wont,
the ending is a cliff-hanger that leaves readers salivating for the
sequel.
Sally Estes
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