Ilse Witch
core novel 2000 Shannara
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (19,472 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-345-39654-5 |
| First-edition date | 2000-09 |
| Internal chronology | 17 |
Synopsis
Opening the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy some 130 years after the Heritage of Shannara series, the story begins when the Elven prince Kael Elessedil is found adrift at sea carrying a mysterious set of maps that only two living people can read: Walker Boh, the last surviving Druid of Shannara, and the Ilse Witch, a young woman as ruthless as she is skilled in magic. Walker organizes an expedition aboard the airship Jerle Shannara to find the ancient magic the maps promise before his rival can claim it, assembling a crew that includes Bek Ohmsford, Quentin Leah, Ahren Elessedil, Panax, Ryer Ord Star, and the siblings Redden Alt Mer and Rue Meridian, along with the Wing Rider Hunter Predd and the shape-shifter Truls Rohk.
Where it sits
- Universe: Shannara
- Series: The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Brooks
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: position 1 of 3: next Antrax (2001)
- Internal chronology, within Shannara: position 17 of 32: previous The Talismans of Shannara (1993) · next Antrax (2001)
Sources
- Terry Brooks official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_Witch
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