Bearers of the Black Staff
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Bearers of the Black Staff is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks
released on August 24, 2010 as the first of a two-part series called the Legends of Shannara. In the series' timeline, it falls between the Genesis of Shannara trilogy and the First King of Shannara
. It takes place 500 years after the events of the final Genesis book, The Gypsy Morph
. The people who were saved by Hawk's
magic will be able to head out into the world once again now that the effects of nuclear holocaust
have dissipated.
The sequel is the 2011 novel The Measure of the Magic
.
Terry Brooks
Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print...
released on August 24, 2010 as the first of a two-part series called the Legends of Shannara. In the series' timeline, it falls between the Genesis of Shannara trilogy and the First King of Shannara
First King of Shannara
The First King of Shannara is a 1996 epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks. It is a prequel to Brooks' The Sword of Shannara and is set during the Second War of the Races...
. It takes place 500 years after the events of the final Genesis book, The Gypsy Morph
The Gypsy Morph
The Gypsy Morph is the third novel in Terry Brooks' fantasy trilogy entitled The Genesis of Shannara, which bridges the events of Brooks' Word & Void series with his Shannara series. It takes place in an apocalyptic world around the year 2100 and immediately follows the novel The Elves of Cintra...
. The people who were saved by Hawk's
Hawk (Shannara)
Hawk, also known as John Ross Freemark in Angel Fire East, is a fictional character from Terry Brooks' Genesis of Shannara trilogy of novels, written as a prequel to his Shannara series...
magic will be able to head out into the world once again now that the effects of nuclear holocaust
Nuclear holocaust
Nuclear holocaust refers to the possibility of the near complete annihilation of human civilization by nuclear warfare. Under such a scenario, all or most of the Earth is made uninhabitable by nuclear weapons in future world wars....
have dissipated.
The sequel is the 2011 novel The Measure of the Magic
The Measure of the Magic
The Measure of the Magic is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks released on August 23, 2011 as the Second of the two part Legends of Shannara series...
.