Jarka Ruus
core novel 2003 Shannara
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.98 (15,021 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-345-43573-7 |
| First-edition date | 2003-09 |
| Internal chronology | 20 |
Synopsis
Opening the High Druid of Shannara trilogy roughly two decades after the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, the story finds Grianne Ohmsford serving as High Druid of the newly re-formed Druid Council at Paranor. A faction of Druids led by Shadea a'Ru uses a forbidden magic known as liquid night to banish Grianne into the Forbidding, the demon-infested realm beyond the Four Lands. Grianne's devoted dwarf attendant Tagwen assembles a rescue party, including her young nephew Pen Ohmsford, who has an unusual gift for communing with nature, the elf-turned-Druid Ahren Elessedil, and his niece Khyber Elessedil, heir to a set of magical Elfstones, along with the Rover girl Cinnaminson.
Where it sits
- Universe: Shannara
- Series: High Druid of Shannara core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Brooks
Notes
- From the series record (High Druid of Shannara): Not to be confused with the differently-scoped 'Defenders of Shannara' series' The High Druid's Blade (2014).
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 High Druid of Shannara: position 1 of 3: next Tanequil (2004)
- Internal chronology, within Shannara: position 20 of 32: previous Morgawr (2002) · next Tanequil (2004)
Sources
- Terry Brooks official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarka_Ruus
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