From the Publisher
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.
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From the Jacket
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 Brisingr
"Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world."
-Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass
The Elves of Cintra
"Hair-raising . . . [a] fascinating group of characters tackling
harrowing and inspiring life and death issues."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Plenty of thrills."
-Entertainment Weekly
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Terry Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of more than
twenty-five books, including the Genesis of Shannara novels
Armageddon's Children and The Elves of Cintra; 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.
www.shannara.com
www.terrybrooks.net
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Book
"New York Times"-bestselling author and modern master of fantasy Brooks delivers the shattering conclusion to his Genesis of Shannara trilogy.
