Armageddons Children, Terry Brooks
Armageddons Children, Terry Brooks
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Armageddon's Children

Author: Terry Brooks

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 13 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2022


Synopsis

Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. His twenty-three international bestsellers have ranged from the beloved Shannara series to stories that tread a much darker path. Armageddon’s Children is a new creation–the perfect opportunity for readers unfamiliar with Brooks’s previous work to experience an author at the height of his considerable storytelling powers. It is 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. Far behind him lies a boyhood cut violently short by his family’s slaughter, when the forces of madness and hate swept our world after decadent excesses led to civilization’s downfall. Somewhere ahead of him rests the only chance to beat back the minions of evil that are systematically killing and enslaving the last remnants of humanity. 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. From the devastated streets of Los Angeles, she will journey to find a place–and a people–shrouded in mystery, celebrated in legend, and vital to the cause of humankind . . . even as a relentless foe follows close behind, bent on her extermination. While in the nearly forsaken city of Seattle, a makeshift family of refugees has carved out a tenuous existence among the street gangs, mutants, and marauders fighting to stay alive against mounting odds–and something unspeakable that has come from the shadows in search of prey.

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.

In Armageddon’s Children, Brooks brings his gifts as a mythmaker to the timeless theme of the unending, essential conflict between darkness and light–and carries his unique imaginative vision to a stunning new level. Prepare for a breathtaking tour de force. To those who are new to Terry Brooks, welcome. And to those who have read him for many years: prepare for a dramatic surprise.

About The Author

Terry Brooks has thrilled readers for decades with his powers of imagination and storytelling. He is the author of more than thirty books, most of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.Dick Hill has been named both a Golden Voice and a Voice of the Century by AudioFile magazine and has earned numerous Earphones Awards for his work. He is also a three-time winner of the Audie Award, the narrator’s most coveted honor. To learn more about Dick, visit www.dickhill.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on February 22, 2023

NOT a Standalone. In a post-apocalyptic land destroyed by decades of war, famine, and horrible abominations roaming the earth; Logan Tom rises from the ashes of the world as a beacon of hope as he creates an opportunity to destroy those evil beings that have caused so much harm and destruction to......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 20, 2022

A stunning new fantasy series! In a horrifying blend of post-apocalyptic terror and new age urban fantasy, Armageddon's Children describes a world ravaged by nuclear war, plague, pestilence, famine, mindless zombie-like creatures, demons and terrifying creatures born out of devastating mutations. Dea......more

Goodreads review by Jim on November 29, 2013

The first book of a trilogy that ties in The Word & the Void series with his Shannara series. This book is about how the world is after The Great Wars and how people are dealing with its destruction and direness of it. The author did a great job with describing the setting and the reader could get a......more

Goodreads review by Carole on May 16, 2012

If you’ve never read a Terry Brooks novel, then I don’t advise you start here. That’s not to say I don’t recommend reading it because I do, you just have to read some other books first. Armageddon’s Children is set some time after The Word & The Void Trilogy and sometime before The Sword of Shannara......more


Quotes

Praise for Terry Brooks

“A great storyteller, Terry Brooks creates rich epics filled with mystery, magic, and memorable characters. If you haven’t read Terry Brooks, you haven’t read fantasy.”
–Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon and Eldest

“Terry’s place is at the head of the fantasy world.”
–Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass