Chapter One Chapter Eight (movie) Letter to the Fans Interview with Terry |
Written by Terry Brooks
Forthcoming: August 26, 2008
erry 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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August 26, 7:00pm
University Bookstore
4326 University Way N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105
Reading, Q&A, Signing
August 27, 6:30pm
Barnes & Noble
2600 Southwest Barton
Seattle, WA 98126
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 3, 7:30pm
Borders Books & Music
5871 Crossroads Center Way
Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 4, 6:30pm
The Fountain Bookstore
Historic Shockoe Slip
1312 E. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23219
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 5, 7:30pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
3522 Wade Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27607
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 6, 6:00
Charlotte Literary Festival
Charlotte Convention Center
501 S. College St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 8, 6:30pm
Carpe Librum Booksellers
5113A Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 9, 7:00pm
Casa Mañana
3101 West Lancaster Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Reading, Q&A, Signing
Fans of Terry Brooks can get two free reserved seats by either sending their request with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to "An Evening with Terry Brooks" c/o The Star-Telegram, P.O. Box 1870, Fort Worth TX 76101 Attn: Melinda Mason, or by calling (817) 390-7579. The program will begin at 7 p.m. There is free parking in the Casa Mañana lot at the intersection of West Lancaster and University Drive.
September 11, 7:30pm
Tattered Cover LoDo
1628 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 12, 7:30pm
Books Inc.
301 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 13, 4:00pm
Bookshop Santa Cruz
1520 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 14, 2:00pm
Borders Books & Music
2339 Fair Oaks Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95825
Reading, Q&A, Signing
September 20, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Fort Lewis
Uninc Pierce County, WA
Signing