This is a great book for anyone who loves Fantasy, but especially for those who have enjoyed the two series of Terry Brooks which are now brought together. For all those fans of the Shannar books who always suspected that the history of that world was tied to ours, he now makes this beyond doubt. With this latest series of books he ties together the Word and Void series and the Shannar series. This first of three books does an excellent job of building a believable bridge between these two imaginary worlds.