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The High Druid of Shannara trilogy draws to a thrilling close as a young hero nearscompletion of his trial by fire, a banished ruler fights for her life in a wildernessof dread, and forces of darkness and light square off in a battle unto death forthe right to absolute rule. Prepare to be spellbound by the masterly hand of bestsellinglegend weaver Terry Brooks, conjuring at the peak of his skills.

For reasons knownonly to himself, the King of the Silver River has charged young Penderrin Ohmsford,barely more than a boy, with the daunting task of rescuing his aunt, Grianne, ArdRhys of the Druid order, from her forced exile in the terrifying dimension of allthings damned: the Forbidding. With the noble dwarf Tagwen and the prodigal elvenprincess Khyber Elessedil by his side–and with the outcome of the bloody war betweenthe Federation and the Free-born at stake–Pen has accepted his mission without not without risk . . . or sacrifice.

Because Shadea a’Ru, the ruthless Druidresponsible for imprisoning the true Ard Rhys and usurping leadership at Paranor,has sent her agents and assassins in relentless pursuit of Pen and his in securing the talisman he needs to breach the Forbidding, Pen has paid a devastatingprice. Now if the Free-born forces–already decimated by the Federation’s death-dealingnew weapon–should fall, Shadea’s domination of the Four Lands will be assured. Nothingshort of Pen’s success can turn the tide.

But Pen’s challenge grows greater whenhe learns that his parents, Bek Ohmsford and Rue Meridian, have fallen into Shadea’ s hands. He must try to help them–but once within the walls of Druid’s Keep, whereShadea’s minions and dark magic lurk at every turn, Pen’s survival is far from it will all pale in comparison to the horrors that wait inside the Forbidding–horrorspoised to break free upon the Four Lands when the time is right. . . .