The Talismans of Shannara

For use in schools and libraries only. The descendants of the house of Shannara have all completed their perilous quests, but the arrival of Rimmer Dall poses the greatest challenge yet to the three heroes.

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