Paladins of Shannara: Allanon’s Quest (Short Story)

Description

The legendary hero Allanon takes center stage in the first of three gripping new stand-alone eBook short stories set on this planet of the fantasy-fiction phenomenon that is Shannara—by beloved New York Times bestselling creator Terry Brooks.
 
The history is thus: The once-Druid Brona, seduced by his pursuit of dark magic, used to be without end transformed into the Warlock Lord—whose evil will be the downfall of the Four Lands and the death of the Races. Against him, the Elven King Jerle Shannara wielded the fabled sword that bore his surname and triumphed. Or so it used to be believed. But though the Dark Lord used to be driven out . . . he used to be not destroyed.
 
The Druid Allanon knows only too well the prophecy passed down to him by his late master: that eventually the Warlock Lord will return. Now, after hundreds of years, that day seems imminent. And the time is at hand for the Sword of Shannara to once more be brought forth from its sanctuary to serve its ancient purpose. All that remains is for a blood descendent of the Elven house of Shannara to carry the blade into battle.
 
With ever more portents of doom on the horizon, Allanon will have to are trying to find out the last remaining Shannara heir, who alone will bear the burden of defending the Four Lands’ destiny. But with agents of darkness closing in from at the back of, unexpected enemies lying in wait ahead, and treachery encroaching on every side, there can also be no certainty of success. Nor any assurance that this desperate quest might not be the Druid’s last.