Books: Armageddon's Children

Armageddon's Children
By Terry Brooks
Read by Dick Hill
Copyright 2006
Audiobook

I won't go into detail on the plot here, much. Life as we know it in the US is gone, obliterated by demons who attack the compounds most people now exist in. Others life outside, and some of those have been turned into monsters in their own right by nuclear waste and pollution and other nasties.

The characters are rather sketchily drawn, and the story has several plots.

It follows Logan Tom, a Knight of the Word who wants revenge for the death of his family. He is charged with finding a magical being and protecting it.

It follows Hawk, a street kid in Seattle who has a "tribe" of other street kids for which he feels responsibility.

It follows Angel, another Knight of the Word, who is being chased by demon and then is charged with finding an Elfstone (or something like that).

It follows the Elves, who are looking after a mystical tree, but the tree wants to be moved.

There is no resolution, and I really dislike books that do not stand alone. Not having a neat and clean ending is generally enough to keep me away from a series, not an enticement to buy the next book. I suppose that is what it is meant to be.

I could be mistaken, but I believe this is my first encounter with Terry Brooks. This is surprising because I have always enjoyed science fiction/fantasy. But Brooks' books have never really caught my fancy, and I can't say this one did, either.

I really like the premise and the promise of the book, but probably not enough to seek out the next in the series.

2 stars