[Morgeruat]

I thought voyage of the Jerle Shannara started off strong, with some very well done characters and plots, as well as technology, but the story was less engrossing than Heritage or Elfstones, many of the "twists" were visible a mile away, and the quality overall was lower than I expected, his knight of the word series was a similar experience for me, great openning book, but the second and third novels made social statements that seemed like they were being made for their own sake, without any real drive to make them something I should care about, whereas Running with the Demon had me well within it's grasp and I didn't want to let go. (the 5th Magic Kingdom For Sale book, Witches Brew, left me cold as well)