The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Ilse Witch

When a half-drowned elf is found floating in the seas of the Blue Divide, an old mystery resurfaces. Thirty years ago, an elven prince led an expedition in search of a legendary magic said to be more powerful than any in the world. Of all those who set out on that ill-fated voyage, not one has ever returned.Until now. The rescued elf carries a map covered with mysterious symbolsand Walker Boh, the last of the Druids, has the skill to decipher them. But someone else understands the map's significance: the Ilse Witch, a ruthless young woman who wields a magic as potent as his own. She will stop at nothing to possess the mapand the magic it leads to. Thus begins the first volume of a dazzling new adventure in one of the most popular fantasy series of our time

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 </i>Jerle Shannara<i>: Antrax</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 selected by the <i>Rocky Mountain News</i> as two 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 Nor