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Straken (High Druid of Shannara #3)
by
Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
The High Druid of Shannara trilogy draws to a thrilling close as a young hero nears completion of his trial by fire, a banished ruler fights for her life in a wilderness of dread, and forces of darkness and light square off in a battle unto death for the right to absolute rule. Prepare to be spellbound by the masterly hand of bestselling legend weaver Terry Brooks, conjuri...more
Mass Market Paperbound, 410 pages
Published
August 28th 2007
by Del Rey Books
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A very good ending for the "High Druid of Shannara trilogy" and a great addition to the Shannara Series.
So much happens with the journey that Penderrin makes in going to the Forbidding and bringing back Grianne (the Ard Rhys of the Third Druid Order) and discovering that Pen has use of the wishsong that was brought forth from the darkwand that Pen had gotten from Tanequil.
I found Pen's experience with the darwand and the dragon fasinating and would of liked to s...more
So much happens with the journey that Penderrin makes in going to the Forbidding and bringing back Grianne (the Ard Rhys of the Third Druid Order) and discovering that Pen has use of the wishsong that was brought forth from the darkwand that Pen had gotten from Tanequil.
I found Pen's experience with the darwand and the dragon fasinating and would of liked to s...more
Terry Brooks wraps up his High Druid of Shannara trilogy with ‘Straken (Del Rey, $26.95, 368 pages),’ and, sadly, it’s not one of his better efforts. The plot strains credulity at numerous points, with the most egregious example being this one: A young teenage girl, bound hand and foot, is being taken by six armed and armored Goblin Hunter warriors (fearsome, by all reports in the book) to be executed. With nothing but a piece of metal to cut the ropes at her wrist, the young girl not only escap...more
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I enjoyed this book as I do all of Terry Brooks books. I do have one complaint, a complaint that could be said of many mystery, sci-fi and fantasy writers. During the whole book the writer will pay great attention to minute details, great character development, smoothly forming the story line. Then when it gets close to the end of the book or in this case a series, things get hastily thrown together, there is a climax and then the end of book. Sometimes the coming together of many different stor...more
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I have some mixed feelings about Straken. I think that overall, Mr. Brooks did a great job wrapping up the trilogy. The journey that Grianne Ohmsford took over the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara and High Druid of Shannara trilogies ended beautifully. What sort of bothered me about the book was the love story between Pied Sanderling and Troon. It just felt contrived and as if it were thought up at the last minute. I think Mr. Brooks could have built it up more during the previous books. Also,...more
The trilogy was well-written overall. I liked the happy ending. The only thing that was slightly bothersome was Brooks' overuse of "the former....the latter..." sentences. Those always make me have to think too hard to remember which character was explained in which order. I know that 'latter' means the most recently mentioned thing and 'former' means the first mentioned thing, but my problem comes when I don't remember what thing, in the sentence before, came first and which thing was...more
This book is packed full of adventure and ends this trilogy well. But it is important to read the first two books in this series, otherwise you will have no idea what is going on in this series. Penderrin Ohmsford completes his quest to rescue his aunt Grianne from the forbidding, and also sending back the moric to the forbidding, who was released into Shannara when traitorous druids sent Grianne into the forbidding. Grianne also finds a way to release cinnaminson, Penderrin's girlfriend from th...more
Straken, the last book in the High Druid of Shannara series, brings together all the stories from the two previous books. I enjoyed seeing how it all worked out and was satisfied with the ending. In just a couple of weeks, Penderrin Ohmsford lives a lifetime of experiences as he seeks to finish his quest. His aunt is in a terrible place and he's the only one who can help her. Time is running out to save the High Druid of Shannara!
This book is a wonderful closure to the trilogy. The book begins where the last one left off just after Pen recieves the staff that would allow him to cross the Forbidding. As his friends are captured by his enemy he allows himself to be caught so that they may be spared. This is were the novel begins. As with all the novels in this series the book relies heavily on the cooperation of the characters.
From this novel i learned that personnel sacrafice is not always as bad as it sounds...more
From this novel i learned that personnel sacrafice is not always as bad as it sounds...more
I've always enjoyed visiting Shannara, and this is no exception. This trilogy, The High Druid of Shannara, could be read without reading any of the preceding Shannara books, but Brooks has nicely tied the entire Shannara series together and it's like visiting with old friends while meeting new ones.
Pen and Grianne’s escape from the Forbidding seemed to be a little too easy; I kept expecting the demon lord, Tael Riverine, to catch up to them. All my favorite characters stayed alive for once. Although Brooks always manages to kill off one “main” character, this time it was someone I didn’t care about.
Good ending to another great series. I really enjoy the connecting series, however each group can stand well on there own without having the full history behind it. I am close to having read all of the Books that Terry Brooks has read. One of my favorite authors.
Este livro apresenta um final verdadeiramente empolgante para a trilogia High Druid of Shannara. Enquanto no mundo real a guerra continua e todos os que nao querem rever a Ard Rhys fazem tudo para destruir as tentativas de salvaçao pelos seus amigos, o esforço de salvar a Ard Rhys vai sendo progressivamente encaminhado. Vale a pena ler este final surpreendente pela tranquilidade e libertaçao que a historia permite trazer aos personagens.
The story isn't terrible, but as with other Terry Brooks books I've read, there seems to be a lot of wasted text. Lots of repetition and re-explanations of things not only explained already within the series, but explained with in the same book.
Like anything Terry Brooks writes I enjoyed it a great deal. However I would recommend reading the first two books to get a better feel for the characters and their trials and tribulations. I find his characters and plots to be very enjoyable.
Satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. I know some complain of the familiarity of Brooks' books, but I'm comfortable with that. And I did like the way this trilogy ended. A little bitter, a little sweet, wholly appropriate.
Haven't read any of the Shannara series after finishing "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara" in 2001. This volume is the third in the "High Druid of Shannara" series but the narrative fills in a lot of the action from the previous two books. It makes a great audiobook offering, esp. with a good narrarator!
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Much better than the first two books in the series. I believe he was starting to hit his stride again finally, when writing this book. Additionally, there is decent closure in this book. For which, I am glad.
This last one in the High Druid trilogy was definitely better than the first two--more intense and complex--but still nothing to take me back to the satisfaction of the first two series.
An outstanding conclusion to the trilogy; I was fortunate enough to have the time to read through it in two days. As was the case with earlier trilogies in the series, many threads were woven together well, some with ends and some left open.
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I was kind of lukewarm about the fist two books in this series. They were fine, but I didn't love them. But I quite liked this last one. Those of you who know my taste in literature and film know I generally like happy endings. Brooks rarely does happy endings, that is part of his charm. Things almost always work out, but generally not in the way that you expect. The book did not really turn out how I expected, but I liked the ending. I know I have read too much of Brooks though, since I ...more
It's a really good ending to a really good trilogy. I kinda saw that last bit coming, but it's nice that Grianne will finally be at peace.
A note on this particular trilogy of Shannara books: really really good. Magic, intrigue, danger. All that stuff.
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Sacrifice has always touched readers. and this books gives no exception.
fun fantasy. ties up several lines neatly; without being fraught with the ponderous plot rehashes of many serial novels.
Pulled from a bookshelf in guest house in Indonesia. Brain candy.
It is really good, and a must for the ones who read fantasy novels
Best book in the series. couldn't put it down!!
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Terry Brooks was born in Illinois in 1944, where he spent a great deal of his childhood and early adulthood dreaming up stories in and around Sinnissippi Park, the very same park that would eventually become the setting for his bestselling Word & Void trilogy. He went to college and received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, where he majored in English Literature, and he received his...more
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