Bearers of the Black Staff Audiobook Libro.fm

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For more than three decades New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks has ruled the epic fantasy realm with his legendary Shannara series With each new novel the mythos has deepened ever more fascinating characters have arisen and increasingly breathtaking vistas of magical adventure have emerged Now the evolution of one of imaginative fictions most beloved worlds continues in the first book of the new series Legends of Shannara Bearers of the Black Staff

Five hundred years have passed since the devastating demonled war that tore apart the United States leaving nothing but scorched and poisoned ruins and nearly exterminating humankind Those who escaped the carnage and blight were led to sanctuary by the boy savior known as the Hawkthe gypsy morph In an idyllic valley its borders warded by powerful magic against the horrors beyond humans elves and mutants alike found a place they believed would be their home forever

But after five centuries the unimaginable has come to pass The cocoon of protective magic surrounding the valley has vanished When Sider Ament the only surviving descendant of the Knights of the Word detects unknown predators stalking the valley he fears the worst And when Panterra Qu and Prue Liss expert Trackers from the human village of Glensk Wood find two of their own gruesomely killed there can be no doubt The once safe haven of generations has been laid bare and made vulnerable to whatever still lurks in the wasteland of the outside world

Together Ament the two young Trackers and a daring Elf princess race to spread word of the encroaching dangerand spearhead plans to defend their ancestral home But suspicion and hostility among their countrymen threaten to doom their efforts from withinwhile beyond the breached borders a ruthless Troll army masses for invasion And in the thick of it all the last wielder of the black staff and its awesome magic must find a successor to carry on the fight against the cresting new wave of evil