An old friend urges Shea Ohmsford to take a dangerous risk in the concluding story of this gripping Shannara eBook series by New York Times bestselling fantasy master Terry Brooks.
Shea Ohmsford has had quite enough of quests. A year after surviving a harrowing odyssey, he is still plagued by troubling memories and dreams. A mysterious trafficker in spells and potions provides a restorative nostrum for the stricken Shea . . . along with a warning: Shea will break his vow to never again leave Shady Vale. And then the potion-maker’s prophecy comes to pass.
A thief, adventurer, and notoriously charismatic rogue, Panamon Creel unexpectedly appears in the Vale with a request for his longtime friend, Shea—journey into the untamed northland, infiltrate the stronghold of a sinister dealer in stolen goods, and capture a precious artifact: the sacred Black Irix. Creel wishes to return this treasure to its rightful owners. Shea cannot refuse such a just cause. But what lies behind the black castle walls they must breach? And will this quest truly be their last?
Includes a preview of the final novel in Terry Brooks’s Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy, Witch Wraith! - from Amazon.com
This is a third book in the short story series Brooks has of the Paladins of Shannara. As with the other two, he returns to tell a small tale of some of the characters from different spots on the timeline. This particular one is about Shea Ohmsford.
It has been many years since I read the earlier trilogies of Shannara, and thus I am not able to recall every character/specific event from them, but this short return was a nice read. As Terry Brooks has admitted in other places, his short story delivery lacks the quality he has in the novels, and this is no exception. I felt the style of descriptives Brooks uses was missing here, and made this feel more like a marketing ploy. Which could be the case since the third book of the Dark Legacy series is due out in July (I think), and each of these Paladin stories has preceded each book. Overall this one felt a bit rushed, and seemed shorter than the previous two ebooks.
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