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Hardcover | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 4.03 | 5644 Users | 320 Reviews
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| Title | : | Bloodfire Quest (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #2) |
| Author | : | Terry Brooks |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | March 12th 2013 by Del Rey (first published October 16th 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy |
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For the first time in his career, Terry will be publishing a book every six months from the start to end of this series: here is the second in a brand-new trilogy, following The Wards of Faerie, in the New York Times bestselling Shannara universe! Long ago, many dangerous creatures were locked behind a magical barrier, bringing peace and prosperity to the land. But now those barriers are eroding, and generations of embittered prisoners are about to escape. War seems inevitable . . . unless a few brave souls can stem the tide. While some venture into the forbidden lands, others must undertake a perilous quest—a quest whose success will mean the death of a young girl who has barely even begun to live, but whose failure will have unimaginable consequences. From riveting start to cliffhanger ending, this is an epic for the ages!Specify Books To Bloodfire Quest (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #2)
| Original Title: | Bloodfire Quest |
| ISBN: | 0345523504 (ISBN13: 9780345523501) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Dark Legacy of Shannara #2, Shannara (Chronological Order) #26, Shannara (Publication Order) #29, Shannara - Terry's Suggested Order for New Readers #24 , more |
| Characters: | The Ellcrys, Aphenglow Elessedil, Khyber Elessedil, Ard Rhys, Railing Ohmsford, Redden Ohmsford, Arlingfant Elessedil, Cymrian, Edinja Orle, Telsa Dart, Tael Riverine, Straken Lord, Mirai |
| Setting: | The Four Lands |
Rating Containing Books Bloodfire Quest (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #2)
Ratings: 4.03 From 5644 Users | 320 ReviewsColumn Containing Books Bloodfire Quest (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #2)
This the second book in the Dark Legacy series finds the quest for the Elfstones in ruins with half it's members trapped behind the Forbidding and the other half fighting for their lives. Many have in fact lost their lives to the cause. As they try to find a way to obtain their goals and rescue their friends the Federation is working against them and interferes with their plans. A good read. I am looking forward to the last book in the trilogy,"Witch Wraith".#25/29 in my Epic Shannara Quest.A weary sense of deja vu hit me as I started reading this book, the titular quest having been the subject of Elfstones; but it never seemed to be the overriding arc of the book, in a part due to the fact that airships are now commonplace in the Four Lands, making a journey by foot nearly obsolete. People can zip to and from distant locales (on various quests) in a matter of days rather than months.Sometimes it seemed that too much was happening in this book: with
A great book! The Dark Legacy of Shannara is quickly becoming one of my favorite Terry Brooks stories. I loved the set up in Wards of Faerie but Bloodfire Quest ratchets it all up to a new level. By the time I finished the book, I just couldn't believe what Terry had done!Nothing is as it seems. For those people who say that Terry has become predictable, they are wrong, wrong, wrong. The last chapters of this book will leave you reading late into the night and the last page will have you fling
The Shanara series was my first introduction to fantasy. I read the first one while in high school and loved it. But I am thinking that this series need to come to an end, especially as the author is starting to recycle his own story lines, not once, but twice. We once again need a new Elcrys and are back in the forbidding. I loved the first book with the Elcrys, was shocked to learn just what it to for the tree to be reborn, the second time around, not so much. The same can be said with the
I enjoyed this one more than the first in this trilogy. Don't get me wrong - it is still fairly redundant - but now some of the characters have grown on me and have had a chance to develop into something more than just another generic fantasy tropes.I enjoyed the pacing with this story. We follow a few different groups of people in differing plot lines and it breaks everything up nicely. I found all the story lines equally entertaining and was never disappointed when jumping from one to another.
Received an advanced copy of this book through NetGalley. Review will be posted closer to release date.
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