The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax

A new novel by Terry Brooks is always a cause for celebration. For more than twenty years, theNew York Timesbestselling author of the classic Shannara epic has proven himself one of the modern masters of fantasy, winning the hearts and minds of devoted readers around the world. In his last acclaimed novel,IlseWitch, a brave company of explorers led by the last Druid, Walker Boh, traveled across unknown seas in search of an elusive magic. Yet perhaps Boh and his team were lured there for sinister, unforeseen purposes . . . Now inAntrax, as the crew aboard the airshipJerle Shannarais attacked by evil forces, the Druid's protege Bek Rowe and his companions are pursued by the mysterious Ilse Witch. Meanwhile, Boh is alone, caught in a dark maze beneath the ruined city of Castledown, stalked by a hungry, unseen enemy. For there is something alive in Castledown. Something not human. Something old beyond reckoning that covets the magic of Druids, elves, even the Ilse Witch. Something that hunts men for its own designs: Antrax. It is a spirit that commands ancient technologies and mechanical monsters, feeds off enchantment, and traps the souls of men. With theJerle Shannaraunder siege and Antrax threatening the bold and unwary, the Ilse Witch finds herself face-to-face with a boy who claims to be the brother she last saw as an infant. Now a young man, Bek wields the magic of the wishsong and carries the Sword of Shannara upon his back. Unsure whether to trust Bek or to slay him, the Ilse Witch takes him prisoner. One has come pursuing truth, the other revenge. Yet both seek Walker Bohwith the fate of the Four Lands hanging in the balance. Return to the world of beloved novelist Terry Brooks, where creatures drift up from the earth like mist, a hypnotic song can kill, a sword can cut through a veil of liesand one man, the true heir of an ancient magic, must choose between betrayal and redemption. From the Hardcover edition.

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