The Druid Of Shannara: The Heritage of Shannara, book 2
By (Author) Terry Brooks
Little, Brown Book Group
Orbit
1st January 2000
5th October 2006
United Kingdom
Paperback
464
Width 200mm, Height 145mm, Spine 29mm
322g
Now in B format
The second chapter of the epic Heritage of Shannara series - a masterly work from a master storytellerTo the scions of Shannara have fallen three tasks: Par Ohmsford has recovered the fabled Sword of Shannara. This he has accomplished, but the Federation's Chief Seeker has planted an awful though in Par's mind - that he himself is Shadowen, the very evil he seeks to destroy. Wren is in the Westland, seeking out the elves. And in the Northland...Walker Boh has been commanded by the shade of Allanon to find the lost city of Paranor and recreate the Order of Druids, disbanded for three hundred years to achieve this he must find the Black Elfstone, but the gem is in the hands of an ancient being of timeless evil - the Stone King. Beset on all sides by enemies, and from within by his own self-doubt, Walker Boh sets out on his part of the perilous quest. A quest that will end in success - or the complete destruction of all he holds dear.If you haven't read Terry Brooks, you haven't read fantasy -- Christopher Paolini, author of ERAGON
Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world -- Philip Pullman
I can't even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) over the years -- Patrick Rothfuss, author of THE NAME OF THE WIND
I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara -- Peter V. Brett, author of THE PAINTED MAN
Terry Brooks was a practising attorney for many years, but now writes full time. His first novel, THE SWORD OF SHANNARA, remained on the New York Times bestseller list for 5 months. Every one of the 23 novels that have followed has been an international b