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The Black Elfstone

Book One of the Fall of Shannara

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The Black Elfstone

By: Terry Brooks
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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The Black Elfstone is the first book in the Fall of Shannara, the epic four-part conclusion to the wildly popular Shannara series by Terry Brooks - one of the all-time masters of fantasy.

The Four Lands has been at peace for generations, but now a mysterious army of invaders is cutting a bloody swath across a remote region of the land. No one knows who they are, where they come from, or what they are after - and most seem content to ignore these disturbing events.

The only people who sense a greater growing threat and wish to uncover the truth are society's outcasts: an exiled High Druid, a conflicted warrior, a teenage girl struggling to master a prodigious magic...and a scrappy young orphan, improbably named Shea Ohmsford.

©2017 Terry Brooks (P)2017 Little Brown Book Group Coming of Age Dark Fantasy Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Magic Magic Users

Editorial reviews

"Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world." (Phillip Pullman)
"I can't even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) over the years." (Patrick Rothfuss)
"I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara." (Peter V. Brett)
"A master of the craft...required reading." (Brent Weeks)
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I love the Shannara Series in its entirety. But this particular trilogy has captured my attention more so than the previous one.

This series better than the last

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It's nice to have a new shannara book but the characters and plot twists feel somewhat formulaic and predictable. however the stage is set now and I'm hoping for a return on faith in the rest of the series.

Bit disappointing - still enjoyable enough

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