The Druid of Shannara

In the three hundred years since the death of the Druid Allanon, the evil Shadowen have seized control of the Four Lands. If they are to be saved, the black Elfstone must be retrieved, at whatever cost to life or love....

A writer since high school, <b>Terry Brooks </b>published his first novel, <i>The Sword of Shannara</i>, in 1977. It was a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller for more than five months. He has published seventeen consecutive bestsellers since, including <i>The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Ilse Witch</i> and the novel based upon the screenplay and story by George Lucas: <i>Star Wars</i>®: Episode I <i>The Phantom Menace</i>™. His novels <i>Running with the Demon</i> and <i>A Knight of the Word</i> were each selected by the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> as one of the best science fiction/ fantasy novels of the twentieth century.<br><br>The author was a practicing attorney for many years but now writes full-time. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northw