Terry Brooks - Genesis of Shannara Series: Books 1-3: Armageddon's Children, the Elves of Cintra, the Gypsy Morph

ARMAGEDDON'S CHILDREN Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. Armageddon s Children begins the Shannara Trilogy with a gripping chronicle of a once-familiar world now spun shockingly out of control, in which an extraordinary few struggle to salvage hope [...]
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ARMAGEDDON'S CHILDREN Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. Armageddon s Children begins the Shannara Trilogy with 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. 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. 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.ELVES OF CINTRA Logan Tom has journeyed to desolate Seattle to protect a ragged band of street urchins and the being known as the gypsy morph, who is both mortal and magical, and destined to save mankind unless he is destroyed. Likewise, Angel Perez has her own quest, one that will take her from the wreckage of Los Angeles to a distant, secret place untouched by the horrors of the nationwide blight a place where the race of Elves has dwelled since before man existed. But close behind these lone Knights of the Word swarm the ravening forces of the Void.THE GYPSY MORPH Logan Tom, wielding the magic staff of a Knight of the Word, has a promise to keep protecting the world s only hope of salvation and a score to settle with the demon that massacred his family. Angel Perez, Logan s fellow Knight, has risked her life to aid the elvish race, whose peaceful, hidden realm is marked for extermination by the forces of the Void. Kirisin Belloruus, a young elf entrusted with an ancient magic, must deliver his entire civilization from a monstrous army. And Hawk, the rootless boy who is nothing less than destiny s instrument, must lead the last of humanity to a latter-day promised land before the final darkness falls."