Logan Tom flees Seattle, which is under attack by an immense force of once-men led by demons with a group of street kids in tow. Meanwhile, Angel Perez leads another group of refugees to a hiding place in the Oregon wilderness, where she encounters the long-hidden Elves of Cintra in this second installment of the Genesis of Shannara series.

Legend has it that Paxon Leah is descended from the royals and warriors who once ruled the Highlands and waged war with magical weapons. Running his familys modest shipping business, Paxon leads a quiet life-until extraordinary circumstances overturn his simple world . . . and rewrite his destiny. When his brash young sister is abducted by a menacing stranger, Paxon races to her rescue with the only weapon he can find. And in a harrowing duel, he...

"Logan Tom is doomed to remember the past and determined to rescue the future. Far behind him lies a boyhood cut violently short by his family's slaughter, when the forces of madness and hate swept our world after decadent excesses led to civilization's downfall. Somewhere ahead of him rests the only chance to beat back the minions of evil that are systematically killing and enslaving the last remnants of humanity. Navigating the scarred and poisoned...

Banished from Paranor because of his study of forbidden arcane arts, the Druid Bremen discovers that Brona, the evil Warlock Lord, and his dark forces are once again on the move, destroying everything in their path, and only a powerful weapon wielded by a united Four Lands can stop them.

The grandson of Shea, Wil Ohmsford, searches for Amberle, the Chosen whose gift of Bloodfire is needed to create the Ellcrys tree that protects against demons.

While the evil druid Shadea a'Ru and Prime Minister Sen Dunsidan hold power, Penderrin sets out on a journey to find his aunt, the true Ard Rhys, and release her from her prison, a task for which he needs a talisman from the tree called the Tanequil.

-- Praise for Terry Brooks   “Shannara was one of my favorite fictional worlds growing up, and I look forward to many return trips.” -- Eragon

High Lord Ben Holiday and his beautiful love, Willow, are long in returning from Earth, and without the soil of Landover in which to root as a tree at times, Willow cannot survive. It is up to Questor Thews to save them.

Although some of the goals to keep Shannara safe had been met, the work of Walker Boh, Wren, and Par was not yet done. For The Shadowmen still swarmed over the Four Lands, poisoning all with their dark magic.

John Ross, a modern-day Knight of the Word, becomes disillusioned with his quest and turns his back on magic to build a new life with the beautiful Stefanie Winslow, but he does not realize that a fallen Knight makes an irresistable target for the Void, and soon Ross and those he loves are being stalked by evil.