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.
Decent writing so far, but the names are still hit and miss and there appear to be no cultural or linguistic conventions to them at all (which has always bothered me).
I love the prequels. Brooks says that even he gets confused with all the titles but these books have answered questions and posed new ones actually. He is just a fine story teller.