Armageddon's Children
core novel 2006 Shannara
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.12 (17,791 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-345-48408-8 |
| First-edition date | 2006-09 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Opening the Genesis of Shannara trilogy around the year 2100, in a world ravaged by nuclear war and plague, the novel follows two parallel stories. In the ruins of Seattle, a band of homeless street children called the Ghosts, led by a young man named Hawk who is secretly a magical being called a gypsy morph, struggle to survive amid roaming demons and monsters. Deep in the Oregon wilderness, a hidden Elven kingdom is protected by the Ellcrys, a magical tree that seals away supernatural forces from another realm; the tree telepathically warns two of its young guardians, Kirisin and the king's daughter Erisha, that a force is coming that will change the world forever.
Where it sits
- Universe: Shannara
- Series: Genesis of Shannara core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Brooks
Notes
- From the series record (Genesis of Shannara): Bridges Word & Void into Legends of Shannara; covers the Great Wars.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Genesis of Shannara: position 1 of 3: next The Elves of Cintra (2007)
- Internal chronology, within Shannara: position 4 of 32: previous Angel Fire East (1999) · next The Elves of Cintra (2007)
Sources
- Terry Brooks official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon%27s_Children
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