Dark magic has opened a gateway to the Forbidding and trapped within it
Grianne Ohmsford, rightful High Druid of Shannara. Rescuing Grianne will
be merely the beginning of the effort to return the Four Lands to some
semblance of peace. Only her young nephew, Penderrin, has any hope of
returning her to power. But to breach the Forbidding and bring Grianne
back to the natural world, Pen must find the fabled Tanequil . . . and
the talisman it alone can provide. That means journeying into the
Inkrim-a dreaded region thick with shadows and haunted by harrowing
legends. And there, Pen will strike a bargain more dire than he could
ever imagine.*
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