Evil will not give up without a fight. . . .

Without the Sword of Shannara, the evil Warlock Lord cannot be defeated. Yet the quest for the mysterious talisman lies in ruins. The intrepid company of warriors assembled by the Druid Allanon to recover the magic Sword has been shattered, dispersed by the Dark Lord’s power. And young half-elf Shea Ohmsford, the last, best hope of all the races, is missing, perhaps captured . . . or worse.

The Warlock’s fearsome armies are on the march. Tens of thousands of bloodthirsty Gnomes and Trolls are poised to sweep down upon the border kingdom of Callahorn, gateway to the peaceful Southland. In mankind’s darkest hour, as Allanon desperately scours the war-ravaged countryside for a sign of the missing Shea, an extraordinary drama of hardship and courage unfolds on the desolate Streleheim Plains. There, his only companions a brash highwayman and a renegade Troll, Shea will find the Sword of Shannara tantalizingly close–and death terrifyingly near. . . .

The Sword of Shannara Part 2: The Druids’ Keep is the newest addition to the Del Rey Imagine program, which offers the best in classic fantasy and science fiction for readers 12 and up.

"特裏•布魯剋斯（TERRY BROOKS）

美國史詩奇幻文學作傢。十歲開始寫作。高中時開始嘗試多元創作，包括科幻小說、西部小說、冒險小說等等。二十一歲時，拜讀瞭托爾金的《魔戒》後，立下瞭獻身奇幻文學的誌嚮。

1977年齣版瞭首部奇幻小說《沙娜拉之劍I：傳奇之劍》，不僅深受讀者喜愛，更造成極大反響，使他成為首位登上《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜的奇幻作傢，該書盤踞排行榜長達五個月之久，更被美國Legend遊戲軟件廠商改編成電子遊戲。之後陸續齣版瞭數本“沙娜拉”係列作品，同樣暢銷，奠定瞭他在奇幻文學史上不可動搖的地位。

多年來，他持續創作，作品超過25本，其中有23部入圍《紐約時報》暢銷榜。除瞭“沙娜拉”相關作品外，還有根據喬治•盧卡斯的電影劇本情節改編的小說《星球大戰首部麯：幽靈的威脅》等。其作品以流暢動人的文筆、無窮的想象力、討喜的角色、新穎的故事概念與錯綜復雜的情節，引領讀者進入奇妙的閱讀世界，廣受年輕讀者青睞，也確立瞭他最多産、最成功的奇幻小說作傢之地位。

有關數據顯示，布魯剋斯的奇幻書籍銷量僅次於“哈利•波特”係列作者J.K.羅琳，在尚存於世的奇幻作傢中排名第二。

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