{"id":1760,"date":"2012-08-22T00:44:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T00:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/08\/22\/books-received-8212012-del-rey-edition-part-ii\/"},"modified":"2012-08-22T00:44:50","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T00:44:50","slug":"books-received-8212012-del-rey-edition-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/08\/22\/books-received-8212012-del-rey-edition-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 8\/21\/2012 Del Rey edition Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n

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Wards of Faerie: The Dark Legacy of Shannara<\/span><\/a>
\nby Terry Brooks
\nCover by Stephen Youll<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, New York Times<\/span> bestselling author Terry Brooks at last revisits one of the most popular eras in the legendary epic fantasy series that has spellbound readers for more than three decades.<\/p>\n

When the world was young, and its name was Faerie, the power of magic ruled\u2014and the Elfstones warded the race of Elves and their lands, keeping evil at bay. But when an Elven girl fell hopelessly in love with a Darkling boy of the Void, he carried away more than her heart.<\/p>\n

Thousands of years later, tumultuous times are upon the world now known as the Four Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. Elves have distanced their society from the other races. The dwindling Druid order and its teachings are threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the secret account of an Elven girl\u2019s heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones. But never has a little knowledge been so very dangerous\u2014as Aphenglow quickly learns when she\u2019s set upon by assassins.<\/p>\n

Yet there can be no turning back from the road to which fate has steered her. For whoever captures the Elfstones and their untold powers will surely hold the advantage in the devastating clash to come. But Aphenglow and her allies\u2014Druids, Elves, and humans alike\u2014remember the monstrous history of the Demon War, and they know that the Four Lands will never survive another reign of darkness. But whether they themselves can survive the attempt to stem that tide is another question entirely.<\/p>\n

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Fable: Edge of the World<\/span><\/a>
\nby Christie Golden<\/span><\/p>\n

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The official prequel novel to the Xbox 360 videogame, Fable:<\/span>\u2122 The Journey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been almost a decade since the events of Fable 3, when the Hero vanquished the threat across the sea and claimed his throne. As king he led Albion to an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity. But on the night of his wedding to his new queen, ominous word arrives: The darkness has returned.<\/p>\n

Beyond a harrowing mountain pass, the exotic desert country Samarkand has been overrun by shadowy forces. Within the walls of its capital city, a mysterious usurper known only as the Empress has seized control. To protect his realm, the king must lead his most trusted allies into a strange land unknown to outsiders. As they forge ahead along Samarkand\u2019s ancient Great Road, populated by undead terrors and fantastic creatures once believed to be the stuff of legend, the king is drawn ever closer to his greatest challenge yet.<\/p>\n

But soon Albion is engulfed in a war of its own. As the darkness spreads, town by town, a treacherous force has infiltrated the queen\u2019s circle. Now the fate of all that is good rests with a faint flicker of hope . . . that somewhere, somehow, heroes still do exist.<\/p>\n

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Darksiders: The Abomination Vault<\/span><\/a>
\nby Ari Marmell<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ride with the Horsemen of the Apocalypse as they seek to unearth a plot that could plunge all of Creation into chaos!<\/p>\n

Ages before the events of Darksiders<\/span><\/a> and Darksiders II<\/span><\/a>, two of the feared Horsemen\u2014Death and War\u2014are tasked with stopping a group of renegades from locating the Abomination Vault: a hoard containing weapons of ultimate power and malice, capable of bringing an end to the uneasy truce between Heaven and Hell . . . but only by unleashing total destruction.<\/p>\n

Created in close collaboration with the Darksiders II teams at Vigil and THQ, Darksiders: The Abomination Vault<\/span> gives an exciting look at the history and world of the Horsemen, shining a new light on the unbreakable bond between War and Death.<\/p>\n

\nPart I<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Wards of Faerie: The Dark Legacy of Shannara by Terry Brooks Cover by Stephen Youll Promo copy: Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n