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  • The Elfstones of Shannara

  • The Shannara Series, Book 2
  • Written by: Terry Brooks
  • Narrated by: Charles Keating
  • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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The Elfstones of Shannara

Written by: Terry Brooks
Narrated by: Charles Keating
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Publisher's Summary

The magical Ellcrys tree is dying, loosening the spell that bars the Demons from enacting vengeance upon the land. Now Wil Ohmsford must guard the Elven girl Amberle on a perilous quest as she carries one of the Ellcrys' seeds to a mysterious place where it can be quickened into a powerful new force. But dark on their trail comes the Reaper, most fearsome of all Demons, aiming to the crush their mission at any cost.

Thus continues the enthralling Shannara epic, a spellbinding tale of adventure, magic, and myth.

©1982 Terry Brooks (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

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No one should listen to abridged version

Books are not meant to be read in the abridged version. Too much of the story is lost. If I hadn't already read the book, I wouldn't have known much about the characters. I just couldn't find the unabridged version.

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  • NonstickRon
  • 2005-08-18

What the?!

I'm disappointed to see that this book isn't available in an unabridged version after listening to the unabridged First King of Shannara and unabridged Sword of Shannara. Especially when it picks back up after this book with an unabridged Wishsong of Shannara. Seems like somebody dropped the ball on this one.

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  • Michele
  • 2008-05-21

Get the unabridged version...

Not a bad reading, but much is lost in the telling with this abridgement of the story. Get the unabridged version!

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  • AGal
  • 2016-10-03

THIS IS THE ABRIDGED VERSION

Would you try another book from Terry Brooks and/or Charles Keating?

Yes

Would you recommend The Elfstones of Shannara to your friends? Why or why not?

Yes - the story itself is great, just make sure you get the unabridged version especially if you are trying to read it in conjunction with utilizing the audiobook.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Elfstones of Shannara?

None of them - I wanted to read the whole book and downloaded the abridged version by mistake.

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  • Randy
  • 2019-01-15

Abridged books are lame

I've read the much of the series and wanted to refresh the whole series before reading the latest books, and I failed realize that this book is actually an Abridged version before purchasing. Call me old fashioned, but I love the details, especially when I don't have the time to sit down to read the whole book!

Please clearly note this book as an ABRIDGED version!

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  • Nightviper242
  • 2019-01-24

Abridged disappointment

For some reason this extremely short abridged version is all that Audible has available. Keating is great but this is just too short. Audible needs to get the unabridged version available again.

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  • Howard
  • 2004-08-30

Great book

Terry brooks is an amazing writer I love his whole series and this one is great just like everything else that he writes. I truly recomend this and all of Terry Brooks books to readers who like fantasy novels, he is one of the best.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2018-10-05

ABRIDGED VERSION

I enjoyed listening to this book, but was surprised when it finished so quickly. I was very disappointed to discover that this is an abridged version and not the full novel. after looking, I seems that the unabridged version with Scott Brick is not available through audible.

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  • Mama Birrd
  • 2018-08-20

Abridged

I was unhappy to find that this was abridged. That SHOULD be in the title!

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  • Stormy Sackett
  • 2019-05-14

great story, not a fan of the narrator

some of the voices the narrator uses are rather obnoxious, and I am not a fan of his reading style. could just be that I got used to the narrator for the first one though.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2019-04-06

It’s not good

25% of the book is left out don’t waste your money or time I don’t now why the rest are very good

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