She, too, is pursuing a mission: to locate her wayward brother, whose own magic has driven him to deadly madness and kindled his rage for vengeance. Exiled onetime High Druid Drisker Arc has been living in quiet seclusion, far from the politics and power struggles of his former life, until two brutal attacks by would-be assassins force him to seek out an infamous murder-for-hire guild-and find the hidden enemy who has marked him for death.Īt his side is Tarsha Kaynin, a young woman gifted with the wishsong and eager to be schooled in its formidable power by a master. Fearing the worst, the High Druid dispatches a diplomatic party under the protection of the order’s sworn guardian, Dar Leah, to confront the mysterious, encroaching force and discover its purpose.īut another crucial journey is being undertaken.
More troubling than the carnage is the strange and wondrous power wielded by the attackers-a breed of magic unfamiliar even to the Druid order. But now, in the far north, an unknown enemy is massing. If they can only survive Tarsha’s brother, Tavo, and the Druid who betrayed Drisker Arc, they might stand a chance of defeating the Skaar.īut that is a very big if.as Tavo now carries the Stiehl - one of the most powerful weapons in all the Four Lands - and is hell-bent on taking his revenge on everyone he feels has wronged him.The first book of the triumphant and epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series, from one of the all-time masters of fantasy.Īcross the Four Lands, peace has reigned for generations. Drisker’s student, Tarsha Kaynin, has been reunited with Dar, chief defender of what is left of the Druid order, and is learning to control her powerful wishsong magic. The Druid Drisker Arc has freed both himself and Paranor from their involuntary exile.
An advance force under the command of the mercurial Princess Ajin has already established a foothold, but now, the full Skaar army is on the march - and woe betide any who stand in its way.īut perhaps the Skaar victory is not quite the foregone conclusion everyone assumes. They badly need a new home, but peaceful coexistence is not a concept they have ever understood. The Skaar have arrived in the Four Lands, determined to stop at nothing less than all-out conquest. After The Black Elfstone and The Skaar Invasion comes the next chapter in the Fall of Shannara, a saga more than four decades in the making.
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