Description:"Find the Elves and return them to the world of Men!" the shade of the Druid Allanon had ordered Wren.
It was clearly an impossible task. The Elves had been gone from the Westland for more than a hundred years. There was not even a trace of their former city of Arborlon left to mark their passing. No one in the Esterland kne"Find the Elves and return them to the world of Men!" the shade of the Druid Allanon had ordered Wren.
It was clearly an impossible task. The Elves had been gone from the Westland for more than a hundred years. There was not even a trace of their former city of Arborlon left to mark their passing. No one in the Esterland knew of them -- except, finally, the Addershag.
The blind old woman had given instructions to find a place on the coast of the Blue Divide, build a fire, and keep it burning for three days. "One will come for you."
Tiger Ty, the Wing Rider, had come on his giant Roc to carry Wren and her friend Garth to the only clear landing site on the island of Morrowindl, where, he said, the Elves might still exist, somewhere in the demon-haunted jungle.
Now she stood within that jungle, remembering the warning of the Addershag: "Beward, Elf-girl. I see danger ahead for you . . . and evil beyond imagining." It had proved all too true.
Wren stood with her single weapon of magic, listening as demons evil beyond all imagining gathered for attack. How long could she resist?
And if, by some miracle, she reached the Elves and could convince them to return, how could they possibly retrace her perilous path to reach the one safe place on the coast?... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Del Rey Release date : 23 January 1993 ISBN-10 : 0345375580 |
ISBN-13: 9780345375582
"First Publication: 1992
Published by: Del Rey Books
This one leaves Walker Boh behind for the time being and focuses on another of his companions from the first book of this series. This story deals with the returning of the elves to the Four Lands. I like what Brooks has explored in this series, which is in the same vein as Star Wars in that it speaks to a return of the forces of good who have been derailed and suppressed by a "dark lord" of sorts. Even being somewhat formulaic in that sense, "
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The Complete Works of Terry Brooks
The Shannara series
