The Last Druid
core novel 2020 Shannara
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.23 (3,203 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 978-0-399-17854-2 |
| First-edition date | 2020-10-20 |
| Internal chronology | 32 |
Synopsis
The concluding volume of The Fall of Shannara picks up after Tarsha Kaynin survives a fall from a cliff, leaving her more determined than ever to find and free Drisker Arc, who remains trapped within the otherworldly Forbidding alongside the long-imprisoned Grianne. While Tarsha works to reach her mentor, her companions, including Dar Leah, Ajin d'Amphere, and the young Shea, face their own perils in distant lands, from hostile forces to mythical dangers connected to the frozen nation of Skaarsland. Meanwhile the scheming druid Clizia Porse continues to pursue control of Paranor, the seat of druid power, threatening to undo whatever order remains in the Four Lands. Wielding her Wishsong, navigating dangerous quests across multiple realms, Tarsha must draw together allies old and new as political intrigue, magical artifacts, and old enmities converge toward a reckoning that will decide the fate of the druid order itself.
Where it sits
- Universe: Shannara
- Series: The Fall of Shannara core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Brooks
Notes
- From the series record (The Fall of Shannara): Final Shannara-proper series; chronological end of the overall saga's story arc.
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 Fall of Shannara: position 4 of 4: previous The Stiehl Assassin (2019)
- Internal chronology, within Shannara: position 32 of 32: previous The Stiehl Assassin (2019)
Sources
- Terry Brooks official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Druid
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