Genesis of Shannara - The Gypsy Morph

OK, I have really been looking forward to this, but at the same time I am sad. Where can the series go now?
Terry Brooks is one of the authors who got me into the Sci-Fi\Fantasy genre. His books about Walker Boh and the Wish Song hooked me years ago, and now i have read them all. The world is a mix of fantasy and sci-fi, but you dont really know that until you get a fair way through the series.
This is the end of the prequel, where you know the Sci-Fi is actually giving way to the Fantasy setting, and the earlier books are yet to begin.
Terry writes in such a way that you know he's adding in lifes lessons, and a fairly blatant commentary on the state of the world, but you dont really care. In fact, even if you were fine with the state of the world, you could admit that he puts our actions in stark contrast. Thats not to say this book is about preaching, but since its got a base in the USA, and the troubles of the world in the book sound particularly realistic, theres always a sense that this might be predicting some reality that will come.
The book moves along fairly quickly, and some of the charatcers end up falling as we go, but the heroes really step up. The kids act like heroes, and those with the power to make a difference, but starting to lag and lack the sense of purpose step up and make themselves count. The action is never brutal, despite the consequences, but then you'll be left in no doubt of what happened to your favourites. Terry Brooks is a master at describing the events unflding with just enough detail to let your mind fill in the rest. Its a good tactic, because the slight lack of detail from the descriptions makes the mind work a bit harder i think, and consequently nothing seems out of place. Not that the descriptions are lacking, but they are more on the side of interpretations I'd say, than outright detailed descriptions.
However he does it, Terry Brooks has done it again. This book is the last in the Genesis of Shannara trilogy and ends the prequel to the Shannara series. If you ever had the urge to pickup a well written Sci-Fi\Fantasy books then I'd suggest you start here - or with the first book actually - because they really are some of the best stories you are ever likely to read.