The High Druid of Shannara trilogy comes to a thrilling end as a young hero approaches the end of his trials, an exiled ruler fights for her life in the terror-stricken wilderness, and the forces of Darkness and Light clash in a deadly battle for absolute power. . The reader will be captivated by the skill of weaving legend Terry Brooks, creating at the peak of his powers. For reasons known only to him, the King of the Silver River sent Penderryn Osmford, just a boy, on a monumental task - to rescue his aunt Graianna, Ard Rhys of the Druid Order, who had been forcibly banished to the terrifying world of the damned - the Forbidden. Together with the noble dwarf Thagwen, the escaped elven princess of Khyber Elessdil, against the backdrop of a bloody war between the Federation and the Freeborn, Pen accepted his mission without hesitation. But not without risk and sacrifice... The ruthless druid Shady a'Ru, responsible for the expulsion of the true Ard Rhys and the usurpation of power in Paranor, sent her agents and assassins to pursue Pen and his companions. To obtain the talisman that would help him infiltrate the Forbidden, Pen paid a devastating price. Now that the Freeborn, their forces already decimated by the Federation's deadly new weapons, are ready to fall, Shady's dominance in the Four Lands is virtually unthreatened. And only Pena’s success can change the situation. But Pen's problems increase when he learns that his parents Bec Ohmsford and Rue Meredian have fallen into the hands of Shady. He must try to help them, but he finds himself in a Druid fortress, where at every turn Shady a'Ru's minions and dark magic deprive him of his confidence in his own survival. But all this pales in comparison to the horrors that await him in the Forbidden, horrors ready to be unleashed on the world of the Four Lands when the time is right... So bets are made, alliances are made, trusts are betrayed and a price is set in this gripping epic tale.< /p>