

The forthcoming sequel, The Measure of the Magic, will, as it were, measure their degree of success-for the time being. Another stalwart band of heroes, the title characters, is drawn from all the races to fight-although this time they are not marching out on a quest but fighting in the last ditch. Now this sanctuary is threatened by the assault of monstrous creatures that seem to be either magic wielders or creations of magic greater than the valley’s and of mysterious origin.


Elves, humans, and other races are slowly restoring a modest civilization in a mountain valley protected by their combined magic. This first volume of Legends of Shannara opens five centuries after the worldwide holocaust that ended the Genesis of Shannara trilogy.
