The Gypsy Morph
Terry Brooks
Reviewed by Jenny Salyers
The Gypsy Morph is the third book in the Genesis of Shannara
trilogy.
With the United States
fallen into ruin, the Knights of the Word, Logan Tom and Angel Perez
are
challenged with facing the rampaging evil that is headed their way..
Logan Tom has to keep the promise that he made to the boy
Hawk and his band of survivors called the Ghosts. Hawk, a magical being
called
the Gypsy Morph, is leading the ghosts to meet with other survivors in
the
wilds of Oregon. He is
charged
with leading them to a place of eventual safety.
Angel Perez has risked her life to help the elves in their
fight against the demons of the void. She has helped the young elf
Kirisin
Belloruus and his sister find the legendary Lodestone. Kirisin has been
entrusted with the knowledge of an ancient magic. This magic will put
his
people and their home of Arborlon inside of the Lodestone. Kirisin is
charged
with taking the magical gem to safety with the help of a small band of
elves.
They must get past the demon army waiting to crush the elven city and
find safe haven..
Will the Knights of the Word guide their charges and keep
them safe long enough to reach the Gypsy Morph Hawk's safe
haven? Or, will
the demon army from the void sweep away the survivors, be they elven,
human, or
mutant, and bring about the destruction of the world?
I have been a fan of Terry Brooks' writing for a very
long time. The first time I read my father’s copy of "The Sword of
Shannara" I
was transported to a world of magic and conflict with which I fell in
love. Sadly though, I’ve not kept up with reading the Shannara books
over the years.
The Genesis of Shannara trilogy gave me a chance to revisit the writing
of a
favorite author. In this trilogy, I found a story that shows the
readers the
actual happenings of the apocalyptic past that was hinted at during
various
points in the original Shannara books that I read so many years
ago.
I really enjoyed this final installment to the trilogy. I
enjoyed seeing the emergence of the elves into our world, and the
destruction
that caused life as we know it to fall apart and evolve into the less
technically inclined world that the Shannara stories are set in. I loved seeing how author Terry Brooks brought
two of his series that I enjoyed together with the Knights of the Word
being
involved in this part of the history of Shannara (The series being The
Knight
of the Word books and the Shannara books). Reading The Gypsy Morph made
me
realize how much I’ve missed reading this author’s writing, and I look
forward
to catching up with the books that I’ve missed over the years.
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