- Fiction, Shannara (Imaginary place), Elves, Fantasy fiction
Horror stalked the Four Lands as the Ildatch, ancient source of evil, sent its ghastly Mord Wraiths to destroy Mankind. Only Druid Allanon held the magic power of wishsong that could make plants bloom instantly or turn trees from green to autumn gold. But she, too, was in mortal danger, and Ildatch waited for Brin to fall into his trap....From the Paperback edition.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Terry Brooks
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 504
- Publisher
- ORBIT, Books on Tape, Macdonald
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345356369
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“A change of seasons was upon the Four Lands as late summer faded slowly into autumn.”
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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