The Roc could tell a man from a piece of wood or a fish a thousand yards away. It was a large part of the work he was trained to do, locating and rescuing those whose ships had been lost at sea. His eyes sharper than those of the Elf, he had spotted the man in the water before Hunter and shifted course to effect a rescue. Obsidian was already banking smoothly toward the castaway, not needing the touch of his master’s hands and knees to know what to do. It was the odd rolling movement of his body within the gentle swells, in fact, that first caught Hunter Predd’s eye. He was so still it was impossible to tell if he was alive. His skin was burned and ravaged from sun, wind, and weather, and his clothing was in tatters. The man was draped over the length of wood as if a cloth doll, his head laid on the spar so that his face was barely out of the water, one arm wrapped loosely about his narrow float to keep him from sliding away. Hunter Predd was patrolling the waters of the Blue Divide north of the island of Mesca Rho, a Wing Hove outpost at the western edge of Elven territorial waters, when he saw the man clinging to the spar. 'I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara' Peter V. 'I can't even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) over the years' Patrick Rothfuss For what looked to be a formidable invading force proves only the forerunner of a much vaster army - one that is now marching against the Four Lands in all its fury. While some gain a new understanding of the invaders and what they are after, others continue their existing quests even as the peril rises. The mysterious force that laid waste to Paranor has revealed a more human face. 'TERRY'S PLACE IS AT THE HEAD OF THE FANTASY WORLD' Philip Pullmanįollowing The Black Elfstone comes the second book in The Fall of Shannara - the epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series from one of the all-time masters of the fantasy genre. And now comes the second novel in his Fall of Shannara series, which will bring Terry's epic vision to a grand conclusion. For forty years, Terry Brooks's Shannara series has entranced millions of readers around the world.
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