Book Preview He stands at the edge of a barren and ravaged orchard looking up from the base of a gentle rise to where the man hangs from a wooden cross. Iron spikes have been hammered through the man’s hands and feet, and his wrists and ankles have been lashed tightly in place so he … Read more
Book Preview He stands on a hillside south of the city looking back at the carnage. A long, grey ribbon of broken highway winds through the green expanse of woods and scrub to where the ruin begins. Fires burn among the steel and glass skeletons of the abandoned skyscrapers, flames bright and angry against the … Read more
Book Preview He stands alone in the center of another of America’s burned-out towns, but he has been to this one before. Even in their ruined, blackened condition, the buildings that surround him are recognizable. The streets of the intersection in which he finds himself stretch away in windswept concrete ribbons that dwindle and fade … Read more
Book Preview ONE The figure appeared out of the shadows of the alcove so quickly that Sen Dunsidan was almost on top of it before he realized it was there. The hallway leading to his sleeping chamber was dark with nightfall’s shadows, and the light from the wall lamps cast only scattered halos of … Read more
Book Preview ONE Grianne Ohmsford was six years old on the last day of her childhood. She was small for her age and lacked unusual strength of body or extraordinary life experience and was not therefore particularly well prepared for growing up all at once. She had lived the whole of her life on … Read more
Book Preview 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. The man was draped over the length of wood as if a cloth doll, his … Read more
Book Preview The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks Copyright 1985 1 A change of seasons was upon the Four Lands as late summer faded slowly into autumn. Gone were the long, still days of midyear where sweltering heat slowed the pace of life and there was a sense of having time … Read more
Book Preview The night sky brightened faintly in the east with the approach of dawn as the Chosen entered the Gardens of Life. Without, the Elven city of Arborlon lay sleeping, its people still wrapped in the warmth and solitude of their beds. But for the Chosen the day had already begun. Their trailing white … Read more
Book Preview The sun was already sinking into the deep green of the hills to the west of the valley, the red and gray-pink of its shadows touching the comers of the land, when Flick Ohmsford began his descent. The bail stretched out unevenly down the northern slope, winding through the huge boulders which studded … Read more
Book Preview First King of Shannara The Fall of Paranor I The old man just appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. The Borderman was watching for him, sitting well back within the concealing shadows of a spreading hardwood high on a hillside overlooking the whole of the Streleheim and the trails leading … Read more
Book Preview HUMMING TUNELESSLY, THE RAGPICKER WALKED the barren, empty wasteland in the aftermath of a rainstorm. The skies were still dark with clouds and the earth was sodden and slick with surface water, but none of that mattered to him. Others might prefer the sun and blue skies and the feel of hard, dry … Read more
Book Preview BY TERRY BROOKS SHANNARAFirst King of ShannaraThe Sword of ShannaraThe Elfstones of ShannaraThe Wishsong of Shannara THE HERITAGE OF SHANNARAThe Scions of ShannaraThe Druid of ShannaraThe Elf Queen of ShannaraThe Talismans of Shannara THE VOYAGE OF THE JERLE SHANNARAIlse WitchAntraxMorgawr HIGH DRUID OF SHANNARAJarka RuusTanequilStraken GENESIS OF SHANNARAArmageddon’s ChildrenThe Elves of CintraThe Gypsy … Read more
Book Preview Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life for Web Druid services expertly rendered and valued friendship freely given So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day had made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would … Read more
Book Preview Landover 05 – Witches’ Brew The popular Landover series continues. Former Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday is proud and happy. The Magic Kingdom is at peace. He is free to watch his daughter Mistaya grow up. Alas, those idyllic days are not to last. For Rydall, king of the lands beyond the fairy mist, … Read more
Book Preview Landover 04 – The Tangle Box This is the fourth book in the Landover series. Ben Holiday, a former lawyer who purchased the kingdom, runs into his old rival, Horris Kew, who absorbed Ben’s identity back in the “real” world. It seems that Horris’s exploits have released an evil sorcerer intent on ruling … Read more
Book Preview At that word the young man let his glass slip through his fingers, and looked upon Keawe like a ghost. “The price,” says he; “the price! You do not know the price?” “It is for that I am asking you,” returned Keawe. “But why are you so much concerned? Is there something wrong … Read more
Book Preview The black unicorn stepped from the morning mists, almost as if born of them, and stared out over the kingdom of Landover. Daybreak hovered at the crest of the eastern horizon, an intruder that peeked from its place of concealment to catch a glimpse of night’s swift departure. The silence seemed to deepen … Read more
Book Preview The catalogue was from Rosen’s, Ltd. It was the department store’s annual Christmas Wishbook. It was addressed to Annie. Ben Holiday stood frozen before the open cubicle of his mailbox, eyes slipping across the gaily decorated cover of the catalogue to the white address label and the name of his dead wife. The … Read more