false 2675261 8 Terry Brooks won instant acclaim with his phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Sword of Shannara. Its sequels earned Brooks legendary status. Then his darkly enthralling The Word and the Void trilogy revealed new depths and vistas to his mastery of epic fantasy. Armageddon's Children and The Elves of Cintra took Brooks's remarkable mythos to a breathtaking new level by delving deep into the history of Shannara. And now, The Gypsy Morph rounds out–with an adventure of unforgettably imaginative scope–the first phase of a new chapter in this classic series. Eighty years into the future, the United States is a no-man's-land: its landscape blighted by chemical warfare, pollution, and plague; its government collapsed; its citizens adrift, desperate, fighting to stay alive. In fortified compounds, survivors hold the line against wandering predators, rogue militias, and hideous mutations spawned from the toxic environment, while against them all stands an enemy neither mortal nor merciful: demons and their minions bent on slaughtering and subjugating the last of humankind. But from around the country, allies of good unite to challenge the rampaging evil. 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. The Gypsy Morph is an epic saga of a world in flux as the mortal realm yields to a magical one; as the champions of the Word and the Void clash for the last time to decide what will be and what must cease; and as, from the remnants of a doomed age, something altogether extraordinary rises. 2595624 26 8 2008 The Gypsy Morph (Genesis of Shannara, #3) total:773|5:274|4:312|3:149|2:30|1:8| 773 3133 1208 119 4 0 false false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 11:47:40 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 10:25:22 -0700 2008
It is a nice finishing for the series, and there is enough left open for possible follow-ons. But I felt that there were a lot of plot elements that seemed to happen for no reason.

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It is the third in a trilogy and you definitely need to read the others to really enjoy it. That said, if you like the others, this wil...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 25 19:06:57 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 10:56:30 -0800 2008
With the United States fallen into ruin, the Knights of the Word, Logan Tom and Angel Perez face a challenge in facing the evil that is rampaging towards them.

Logan Tom has to keep the promise that he mad...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 20:14:41 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:13:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 16:20:11 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 19:25:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:31:14 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 21:05:02 -0800 2009 The Gypsy Morph is the dynamic, action-packed adventure that concludes the Genesis of Shannara trilogy. All the same protagonists return to finish the journey they began in Armageddon's Children and The Elves of Cintra, led by the eponymous gypsy morph, Hawk. The fate of the the races of both men ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 00:42:19 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 23:50:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 06 11:27:11 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 11:28:24 -0700 2008 2 0 false true Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 12 11:40:56 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 21:33:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 01:42:13 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 06:30:50 -0700 2009 1
For non-Terry Brooks fans, the book will make little sense and if you want to get into his world he has a very good article ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 15 08:12:45 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 27 09:55:03 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 15 08:12:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 09 07:40:04 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 07:40:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 17:51:40 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 18:13:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 08:27:25 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 16:36:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 11:47:48 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 16:14:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 03 09:47:01 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 20:17:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 09:49:01 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 03:55:50 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:47:36 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:49:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 13 19:10:08 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:12:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 14 08:16:13 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 07:03:40 -0800 2008 This was supposed to be the culminating book of the trilogy but it fell a little flat. Brooks is very good at buidling expectations, brin...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2675261