-- The Wards of Faerie.

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

-- Praise for Terry Brooks   “Shannara was one of my favorite fictional worlds growing up, and I look forward to many return trips.” -- Eragon

-- The Measure of the Magic “Terry Brooks is off on another Shannara adventure . . . and the ride, as always, is pleasurable.”— “A¿sure winner . . . Brooks proves himselfa master at reworking and enriching theconventions of fantasy.”—

-- Praise for The Black Elfstone   “Epic scope, heroic characters, and so much heart . . . proof that the Shannara series can still reach new heights.”—Tordotcom   “A strong opening book . . . The Four Lands face a new threat.”—Fantasy Book Review   “Fantastic . . . one of the best books in this saga.”—SFRevu

Dark magic has opened a gateway to the Forbidding and trapped within it Grianne Ohmsford, rightful High Druid of Shannara. Rescuing Grianne will be merely the beginning of the effort to return the Four Lands to some semblance of peace. Only her young nephew, Penderrin, has any hope of returning her to power. But to breach the Forbidding and bring Grianne back to the natural world, Pen must find the fabled Tanequil . . . and the talisman it alone can...

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's The Measure of the Magic Horrified by the misuse of magic they had witnessed during the First War of the Races, the Druids at Paranor devoted themselves to the study of the old sciences, from the period before the collapse of civilization a thousand years before. Only the Bremen and a few trusted associates still studied the arcane arts. And for his persistence, Bremen found himself...