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|title=The Elves of Cintra
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|buy=No
|borrow=Maybe
|pages=400
|publisher=Orbit
|date=July 2008
|isbn=978-1841495767
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Terry Brooks will always be associated with Shannara, in the same way as David Eddings will probably never escape the lands of the Belgariad and Raymond Feist and Riftworld will always go together. All of them have branched off and written other series, but they cannot escape the stories they are best known for. However, what Brooks is trying to do with the ''Genesis of Shannara Trilogy'' is combine his Shannara and ''[[The Word and the Void]] '' trilogies into something that his website claims will appeal to new readers of his books, which is exactly what I am.
Starting with the second part in a trilogy is not wise, however, as ''The Elves of Cintra'' immediately assumes you've previously read [[Armageddon's Children]] and drops you straight into the action without preamble and without introducing you to any of the characters. You're supposed to know who Logan Tom is and how and why a Knight of the Word should be associating himself with a group of children known as the Ghosts.
Maybe this is why Brooks' website suggests this would be a good trilogy for new readers of his work. Long standing fans will know that he has written better than this, which he must have done to have had a career spanning three decades. Newcomers such as me won't realise this and may therefore get more enjoyment out of the writing, even if the story is a little weak. Certainly, I have found myself keen to read the previous book in the trilogy for clarification and because this book makes it sound worthwhile, but I wouldn't want to read this again and I'm not enthused by the closing part of the trilogy, as this doesn't set it up at all well. This is one to borrow, not to buy, and even then only if you're a completist who has followed Brooks for his full thirty year career and can't bear to let any of his work pass you by.
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