The King from the Metallic River has charged young Penderrin Ohmsford using the daunting task of rescuing his aunt, Grianne, Ard Rhys of the Druid order, from her forced exile in the terrifying dimension of all things damned: the Forbidding. Using the commendable dwarf Tagwen as well as the prodigal elven princess Khyber Elessedil by his side-and with the results from the bloody war between the Federation as well as the Free-born at stake-Pen has accepted his objective without question. However, not without risk…or sacrifice.

about Great Druid of Shannara: Straken

Shadea a’Ru, the ruthless Druid responsible for imprisoning the real Ard Rhys, has sent her providers and assassins in relentless quest for Pencil and his comrades. Right now if the Free-born makes should fall, Shadea’s domination of the Four Lands will be assured. Pen’s problem grows higher when he learns that his parents possess dropped into Shadea’s hands. He must try to help them-but once within the walls of Druid’s Keep, where Shadea’s minions and dark magic lurk at every switch, Pen’s survival is definitely far from assured. Yet it will all pale compared to the horrors that wait inside the Forbidding….

“An excellent storyteller, Terry Brooks creates full epics filled up with secret, magic, and memorable people. In the event that you haven’t go through Terry Brooks, you haven’t browse fantasy” -Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon and Eldest