in terry brook's last fue sereis he all but destroyed his world. the great and terible demons in the elfstones of shannara, those whos soul purpus is to break out of the forbiding and destroy the four lands are actualy helping the heros. there is a chapter where demons attack a groop of wanderer in the forbiding and flee after the saw that they were outmached, if that would have happened in the elfsones of shannara they would have fout to the last goblin. there are no more demons in the shannara world. there are only the jaraka ruus.anyway the charicters are ones that make you jump with joy every time one of them dies.I love brooks’s earlier books but this one is not half as good. I may be over Terry Brooks, never thought I'd see the day. This is obviously the first in a trilogy and only the broad strokes are there. The motivations of the megalomaniac Federation prime minister and the leader of the Druids seem overblown. The other characters seem flat too. And what is with the capital fist letter in the names of the races: Elves, Druids, Dwarves? I find the capitals distracting. I'm glad to see that other readers are enjoying the book because Terry Brooks was one of the authors that got me hooked on fantasy a long time ago.
I loved it! This is a great beginning to this series. I can't wait to dive into volume 2!
—kalekay123
A very enjoyable fantasy and I can't wait to read the next 2 parts in the trilogy
—Earar
very good. cant wait to read the second book
—alejandra03f
I liked it! On to book 2!
—Rilik
Superb!!
—kb0721
