false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166673317m/15568.jpg 15568 17 In the three hundred years since the death of the Druid Allanon, the mysterious, evil Shadowen have seized control and are ruining the Four Lands. Using Cogline as messenger, the shade of Allanon summons the four scions of Shannara: Par, Coll, Wren, and Walker Boh. To Walker Boh he gives the duty of restoring the lost Druid's Keep, Paranor. For that, Walker needs the black Elfstone, but his search leads him only to a trap.<br><br>Meanwhile, the King of the Silver River, a fabulous being as old as mankind, creates a daughter named Quickening and sends her to help. She is joined by Morgan Leah and Pe Ell, an assassin who plans eventually to kill her.<br><br>They find Walker Boh dying after an attack by the Shadowen, Rimmer Dall. Quickening heals him and tells him that the Elfstone is in the hands of another ancient being, the Stone King, who seeks to turn all the world to stone.<br><br>The journey will lead them to the far north, through the Charnal Mountains and beyond, into a perilous and unknown land. And no one knows what horrible monsters the Stone King has set to guard his citadel. 34897 1991 The Druid of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #2) total:3090|5:834|4:1160|3:907|2:167|1:22| 3090 11887 3780 30 5 0 false false Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 31 06:50:22 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 20:41:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 1993 Tue Oct 27 13:23:17 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 13:27:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Thu Oct 08 07:16:28 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 07:16:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Mar 30 19:39:31 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 19:41:09 -0700 2009
It kind of reminded me of the move the Land of Oz.

Another great book in a great series.]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 09:36:58 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 09:43:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 06 09:12:48 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 09:14:02 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 21:02:56 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 21:03:19 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Apr 14 07:28:14 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:28:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:35:38 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 10 12:05:11 -0700 2009 The Druid of Shannara was even better than the first book. It took on less story lines running at the same time in different regions - likely because the next two will cover the characters of the other stories. This book had much more interesting villains - the Stone King Uhl Belk and his com...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 16 14:14:54 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 14:17:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Thu Feb 07 10:40:12 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 10:40:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 22 07:49:20 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 07:50:27 -0700 2008 The Elfstones of Shannara, I am completely unreasonable about these books.

Also, Walker Boh! How can you not love poor W...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 11:10:19 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 11:10:19 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 11:46:18 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 08 07:35:47 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 11:46:18 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 13 14:05:20 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 14:51:48 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Feb 16 14:35:55 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 14:37:23 -0800 2008 There is love and danger and a guy gets his arm turned to stone - so cool!]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 17 20:37:22 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 09:23:58 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 20:37:22 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jul 04 15:46:17 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 16:38:50 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 02:06:39 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 02:06:39 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue May 13 22:19:01 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 22:20:07 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15568