It's amazing to me that I had mostly forgotten about The Bringers. I remembered the Turok Han and Caleb, but The Bringers hadn't loomed large in my memory. I could definitely use them.

And I like the idea that the danger wasn't the monsters themselves but the panic they would cause which would allow The First to work its will.

And now I have a mental image of The First with a poor little green garden lizard in its mouth (because that's my cat's favorite prey. :)