About this title: Fifty years from now, the world is a very different place. Thousands live in highly fortified strongholds, and demons have taken over. The Knights of the Word are on a quest to rescue a group of young people who hold the hope of the world.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780345484109ISBN:034548410X
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780345484086ISBN:0345484088
Description: NF in NF jacket. Complete number line. The price is printed on the dust jacket. No stains, tears, writing, or remainder mark. Covered in mylar. Books are shipped in padded envelopes, or boxes, for multiple orders. Shipping insurance, if requested, is provided by USPS at an extra charge. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc.
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780345484086ISBN:0345484088
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. DJ has marks, chipping, edgewear-Cover has edgewear, bumping, marks, dents at edge-Bumped pgs-Marks on edge-Light edgewear-Slightly cocked-Few marks on pgs-Slight glue smell. read more
"Another reminder that if a book is on the discount pile at the bookstore, even if it is by an author you love, it is still a book on the discount pile. I've have some issues with this book. Not as many issues as I have with my mother, but still.... First problem: This book represents a link between heaven and hell. Although the Shannara series played a big role in my introduction to fantasy, and I still love the early books, the series has gotten beyond stale. I won't begrudge a guy for milking an established reader base, and many of my favorite authors do it (e.g., the ironically named "Ender" sage by O.S. Card...which apparently NEVER will end). But the series needed to be shelved. On the other hand the Word and the Void books were, in my view, outstanding. Breath of fresh air. But Armageddon's Children starts as a follow-up to Word and Void, and ends up being a prequel to Shannara. I found myself channeling Michael Corleone: "Just when you think you're out, they DRAG YOU BACK IN." Please, Terry, no more elves, elf stones, elf trees, elf shrubs... Second problem: Like the rainforest-killing Wheel of Time books by Jordan, about 2/3 of this book involves people walking around thinking. And pondering. And noodling. The biggest action scene features an epic battle between a dog and a giant worm, and who hasn't seen THAT conflict played out a hundred times in their back yard? Last issue: Flashbacks. We get flashbacks for seemingly every character, even when the character plays no significant role in the book. Sure, the characters might have a major role in later volumes, but it destroys the flow of the book. There already are four separate story lines running (more like ambling, really) through this thing, and only two of the story lines intersect by the "end" of the book (a literal cliffhanger as cheesy as any serial movies from the 30s). By the end of it, Brooks has at least created a new literary form: ADD Fantasy."
"Armageddon's Children is full of action from the very first sentence. Every main character is in danger and has a battle to fight just to survive much less accomplish the task they are destined to carry out. The demons and once-men control much of the world and take joy in slaughtering and enslaving humans. Much of the human population has taken refuge in compounds, although a few have taken their chances on the streets. Some have been permanently altered from exposure to unnatural toxins and radiation.
It is in this ruined world that two remaining Knights of the Word continue to fight against the Void in a futile effort to save mankind. A street kid named Hawk tries to keep his chosen family safe from the dangers that lurk around every corner even as he dreams of the day he can lead them to safety. Hidden away from the humans, the elves watch the destruction of the world and argue among themselves whether or not to even become involved in the battle.
Although it is not necessary to have read the Word and the Void series before reading Armageddon's Children, I believe it would be helpful. The events in that series lay the groundwork for the Genesis of Shannara trilogy and characters and events from that series are mentioned in this one.
Terry Brooks keeps the story moving at a fast pace and conveys the various emotions of each character strongly. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, I'm eager to start on the next book in the series, The Elves of Cintra"
"A sequel to the Knight of the Word series, "Armageddon's Children" picks up years after the last book in a post apocalyptic United States. The battle between the powers of darkness and light continue, but now things have shifted in favor of darkness. The Knights of the Word are being hunted down one by one, and mankind's only hope rests with the long hidden and near forgotten child ff Nest Freemark, the gypsy morph.
As the series continues, Brooks moves readers closer and closer to a recognizable glimpse of the beginnings of the Shannara series."
"Having never read Terry Brooks before, I was not sure what to expect from this book. It begins in a post apocolyptic world, where humans are shutting themselves into compounds to save themselves from a world run amok by demons, mutants, and something called once-men, who seek only to destroy and follow orders from the demons not caring if they live or die. The book follows three separate people with the promise that they will all be brought together. (However, they are not, you got to go to the next book I guess.) Two of them are called Knights of the Word, a mystic order following the "Lady" to try to save humanity. The third is a boy named Hawk, probably somewhere in his teens, who is the leader of a bunch of street kids who call themselves Ghosts. I enjoyed the character development, sometimes told in flashbacks, and the pacing is steady. My only disappointment is its cliffhanger ending. The bookjacket sounded like this would be a stand alone type of read- even recommending it for someone who has never read Terry Brooks before, but I guess all fantasy novelists write in trilogies (and then some.) There is also a trilogy that is obviously a prequel to this book, mentioning the Knights of the Word and Hawk's mother, Nest Freemark. It does make sense even if you aren't familiar with any of Brooks' works, but I really don't want to have to read 3 or more books to get to the end of a story. So that is probably why I rated it four stars instead of five."
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