- Druids and Druidism, Elves, Fantasy, Fiction
In the three hundred years since the death of the Druid Allanon, the evil Shadowen have seized control of the Four Lands. If they are to be saved, the black Elfstone must be retrieved, at whatever cost to life or love....
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Terry Brooks
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Orbit Books, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- French, Swedish, English
- ISBN
- 9782352940661
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“The King of the Silver River stood at the edge of the Gardens that had been his domain since the dawn of the age of faerie and looked out over the world of mortal men.”
Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers.
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