Brooks's fans are sure to be pleased with this action-packed yarn, which neatly weaves the many plots and characters into a coherent whole. Some emotionally painful encounters occur with former friends who have been enslaved by Antrax, turned into cyborgs and forced to do the nasty AI's bidding. Also complicating the plot are the battles of the Rovers to reclaim the group's airship the only means for the adventurers to return home. Meanwhile, Bek Ohmsford, a prot g of Walker's who's been left mostly in the dark about his own magical potential, must try to convince his sister, the dangerous Ilse Witch, that his version of their shared past is true, as he struggles to keep her from killing him or his friends. The treacherous seer, Ryer Ord Star, and the young, frightened elven prince, Ahren Elessedil, join the fight.
The expedition's leader, the Druid Walker, wants to steal Antrax's ancient technology, but to gain it, he must engage in deadly combat with the machine. Antrax has lured this disparate crew to its underground lair in order to use their assorted magics to expand its influence across the world of Shannara.
Antrax is a satisfying story.”-Associated PressĬontinuing the saga begun in The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Ilse Witch (2000), bestseller Brooks opens this slick, lightweight fantasy with our band of heroes (Druids, elves, shape-shifters, Rovers, etc.) trapped on an island ruled by the evil artificial intelligence Antrax. “ Antrax is great, and it confirms Terry’s place at the head of the fantasy world.”-Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass and The Amber Spyglass And with it, the fate of the Four Lands hangs in the balance.īONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's The Measure of the Magic. It is Antrax: a spirit that feeds off enchantment and traps the souls of men. It is alive, but not human, coveting the magic of Druids, elves, even the Ilse Witch. Meanwhile, Walker is alone, caught in a dark maze beneath the ruined city of Castledown, stalked by a hungry, unseen enemy. As the crew aboard the airship Jerle Shannara is being attacked by evil forces, the Druid’s protégé, Bek Rowe, and his companions are being pursued by the mysterious Ilse Witch. But now it seems that Walker and his team were lured there for sinister, unforeseen purposes. “If Harry Potter has given you a thirst for fantasy and you have not discovered the magic of Terry Brooks, you are in for a treat.”- Rocky Mountain Newsīrave explorers led by the last Druid, Walker Boh, traveled across unknown seas in search of an elusive magic.
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