High Druid of Shannara: Jarka Ruus

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Expect no end of wonders and suspense, no shortage of adventure and enchantment, as Terry Brooks begins the next extraordinary quest in the magical world of Shannara. . . .

Twenty years have passed since Grianne Ohmsford denounced her former life as the dreaded Ilse Witch. Fulfilling the destiny predicted for her, she has established the Third Druid Council and dedicated herself to its goals of peace, harmony among the races, and defense of the Four Lands. But despite her devotion to the greater good as Ard Rhys, the High Druid of Paranor, Grianne still has bitter enemies. Even her few allieschief among them her trusted servant Tagwenknow of the plots against her. But they could never anticipate the sudden, ominous disappearance of the Ard Rhys, in the dead of night and without a trace. Now Tagwen joins Grianne's brave young nephew, Pen Ohmsford, and the wise, powerful elf Ahren Elessedil on a desperate and dangerous mission of search and rescueto deliver the High Druid of Shannara from an unspeakable fate.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's The Measure of the Magic.

**"Terry Brooks is off on another Shannara adventure . . . and the ride, as always, is pleasurable."**Contra Costa Times

**"Asure winner . . . Brooks proves himselfa master at reworking and enriching theconventions of fantasy."**Booklist

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