Just before I started reading Galaphile, Terry Brooks announced he would be passing on writing the remaining books in the trilogy to another writer. If this will end up being his last Shannara novel, he ended on a strong note. This has all the hallmarks of his best work, with gripping adventure and well-realized characters. It definitely carried an Arthurian flavour, and I could see the ending twist coming from early on, but that heightened a feeling of being overwhelmed that mirrored Galaphile's circumstances.