Terry Brooks: The Talismans of Shannara

Neljäs ja viimeinen osa Terry Brooksin The Heritage of Shannara (Shannaran perintö) -sarjasta englanniksi. Kovakantinen Legend -julkaisu erillisellä kansipaperilla. Koko n. 15,8 x 24 cm. 472 sivua. Sisältää mustavalkoisen kartan Shannaran maailmasta ja tietoa kirjailijasta. Kirjassa on jonkin verran kulumaa, lähinnä kansipaperissa, mutta muuten hyväkuntoinen kirja.

Sword of Truth

Desperate to help his brother, before every chance was gone, Par impulsively jammed the Sword of Shannara into the earth before him. He reached to take hold of Coll's hands and fastened Coll's chill, shaking fingers around the pommel of the Sword, holding them there with his own. Please let the magic come, begged Par.

Light flared down the length of the Sword's smooth blade. Fire followed. Par felt it extend and weave, drawing him out of himself and into the talisman, there to find Coll waiting, there to join the brothers as one.

The Sword of Shannara. The magic of the Sword. Listen to me, Coll. Listen to the truth.

Coll reached back and screamed then - and his hands wrenched free of the Sword...

The Endless Quest

The descendants of the Elven house of Shannara had all completed their quests. Walker Boh, using the power of the Black Elfstone, had restored the lost Druid's Keep, Paranor, and become the last Druid himself. Wren had found the missing Elves and brought them back from the island of Morrowindl to the Four Lands. Now she was Queen of the Elves. And Par had found what quite possibly was the legendary Sword of Shannara.

But their work was not yet done - the Shadowen still swarmed over the Four Lands, poisoning all with their dark magic. And the leader of the Shadowen, Rimmer Dall, was determined that the scions of Shannara would not share with each other the knowledge that would end the sickness. Against Walker Boh then, he would dispatch the Four Horsemen. To Wren Elessedil, he would send a friend who would betray her. And for Par Ohmsford, whose wishsong was growing steadily more uncontrollable, he had devised the most terrible fate of all...

The charges given by the shade of the Druid Allanon were doomed to fail - unless the Shannara children could escape the traps being laid for them, and Par could find a way to use the Sword of Shannara.

Here, in the final volume of his bestselling series, THE HERITAGE OF SHANNARA, Terry Brooks tells of the culmination of the struggle between a handful of determined heroes and the insidious, pervasive evil that seeks to crush them.