The High Druid of Shannara trilogy draws to a thrilling close as a
young hero nears completion of his trial by fire, a banished ruler
fights for her life in a wilderness of dread, and forces of darkness and
light square off in a battle unto death for the right to absolute rule.
Prepare to be spellbound by the masterly hand of bestselling legend
weaver Terry Brooks, conjuring at the peak of his skills.
For reasons known only to himself, the King of the Silver River has
charged young Penderrin Ohmsford, barely more than a boy, with the
daunting task of rescuing his aunt, Grianne, Ard Rhys of the Druid
order, from her forced exile in the terrifying dimension of all things
damned: the Forbidding. With the noble dwarf Tagwen and the prodigal
elven princess Khyber Elessedil by his side-and with the outcome of the
bloody war between the Federation and the Free-born at stake-Pen has
accepted his mission without question. But not without risk . . . or
sacrifice.
Because Shadea a'Ru, the ruthless Druid responsible for imprisoning the
true Ard Rhys and usurping leadership at Paranor, has sent her agents
and assassins in relentless pursuit of Pen and his comrades. And in
securing the talisman he needs to breach the Forbidding, Pen has paid a
devastating price. Now if the Free-born forces-already decimated by the
Federation's death-dealing new weapon-should fall, Shadea's domination
of the Four Lands will be assured. Nothing short of Pen's success can
turn the tide.
But Pen's challenge grows greater when he learns that his parents, Bek
Ohmsford and Rue Meridian, have fallen into Shadea' s hands. He must try
to help them-but once within the walls of Druid's Keep, where Shadea's
minions and dark magic lurk at every turn, Pen's survival is far from
assured. Yet it will all pale in comparison to the horrors that wait
inside the Forbidding-horrors poised to break free upon the Four Lands
when the time is right. . . .
