Wards of Faerie, Terry Brooks
Wards of Faerie, Terry Brooks
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Wards of Faerie
The Dark Legacy of Shannara

Author: Terry Brooks

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Unabridged: 14 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/21/2012


Synopsis

Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks at last revisits one of the most popular eras in the legendary epic fantasy series that has spellbound readers for more than three decades.
 
When the world was young, and its name was Faerie, the power of magic ruled—and the Elfstones warded the race of Elves and their lands, keeping evil at bay. But when an Elven girl fell hopelessly in love with a Darkling boy of the Void, he carried away more than her heart.
 
Thousands of years later, tumultuous times are upon the world now known as the Four Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. Elves have distanced their society from the other races. The dwindling Druid order and its teachings are threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the secret account of an Elven girl’s heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones. But never has a little knowledge been so very dangerous—as Aphenglow quickly learns when she’s set upon by assassins.
 
Yet there can be no turning back from the road to which fate has steered her. For whoever captures the Elfstones and their untold powers will surely hold the advantage in the devastating clash to come. But Aphenglow and her allies—Druids, Elves, and humans alike—remember the monstrous history of the Demon War, and they know that the Four Lands will never survive another reign of darkness. But whether they themselves can survive the attempt to stem that tide is another question entirely.
 
“[Terry Brooks is] the most important fantasy writer since J.R.R. Tolkien.”—Rocky Mountain News

About The Author

Terry Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty books, including the Dark Legacy of Shannara adventure Wards of Faerie; the Legends of Shannara novels Bearers of the Black Staff and The Measure of the Magic; the Genesis of Shannara trilogy: Armageddon’s Children, The Elves of Cintra, and The Gypsy Morph; The Sword of Shannara; the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy: Ilse Witch, Antrax, and Morgawr; the High Druid of Shannara trilogy: Jarka Ruus, Tanequil, and Straken; the nonfiction book Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life; and the novel based upon the screenplay and story by George Lucas, Star Wars:® Episode I The Phantom Menace.™ His novels Running with the Demon and A Knight of the Word were selected by the Rocky Mountain News as two of the best science fiction/fantasy novels of the twentieth century. The author was a practicing attorney for many years but now writes full-time. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Markus on July 05, 2018

Wards of Faerie is Terry Brooks recycling old ideas. You would think the Shannara setting has some predetermined cyclical timeline forcing events to repeat again and again. Somehow, this book is still enjoyable because of the same remarkable, unputdownable suspense that Brooks is a master of. But of......more

Goodreads review by Shea on June 11, 2013

It's a funny thing. Every time i reread sword of Shannarra i realize, yet again, that Terry Brooks writing is not, actually, that good. His language is archaic in a cumbersome (rather than beautiful) way. His characters tend to be - well, not one dimensional, but not three either. And the story line......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on July 11, 2012

Terry rarely disappoints but sometimes he hits a double home run. WARDS OF FAERIE is one of those books. Set 120 years after the events of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, Terry introduces us to the Fourth Druid Order, led by Ard Rhys Khyber Elessedil. She has taken up the mantle once carried by......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on October 07, 2012

Come on, I can't believe after 35 years of publishing Terry Brooks is still writing the same simple plot structure in every book he writes of setting out on a quest. I mean how many times can you do that with basically the same characters and similar quests, but jumping a few years in the timeline.......more

Goodreads review by Albert on August 26, 2012

All in all, this was one of my more favorite Terry Brooks books in some time. I should say that I consider myself a huge fan of this author though and objectively speaking, it's probably not the ideal place to come into the series, but it's also not too difficult to do so. It provided some brand new......more


Quotes

PRAISE FOR LEGENDS OF SHANNARA
 
BEARERS OF THE BLACK STAFF
 
“A finely wrought tale of sacrifice, adventure, betrayal, magic, loss, and a world on the precipice.”—Brent Weeks, author of The Way of Shadows
 
“A story that will delight Brooks’ legions of fans . . . Here’s to many more tales of this incredible world.”—SFRevu
 
THE MEASURE OF THE MAGIC
 
“Classic Terry Brooks . . . infused with details of Shannara’s legends.”—Fantasy Faction
 
“Foolproof for fantasy lovers.”—Library Journal