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Eventually.

The ragpicker allowed himself a small smile. There was no hurry. Time was something he had as much of as he needed.

Time didn’t really matter when you were a demon.

B
Y
T
ERRY
B
ROOKS

Shannara
F
IRST
K
ING OF
S
HANNARA
T
HE
S
WORD OF
S
HANNARA
T
HE
E
LFSTONES OF
S
HANNARA
T
HE
W
ISHSONG OF
S
HANNARA

The Heritage of Shannara
T
HE
S
CIONS OF
S
HANNARA
T
HE
D
RUID OF
S
HANNARA
T
HE
E
LF
Q
UEEN OF
S
HANNARA
T
HE
T
ALISMANS OF
S
HANNARA

The Voyage of the
Jerle Shannara
I
LSE
W
ITCH
A
NTRAX
M
ORGAWR

High Druid of Shannara
J
ARKA
R
UUS
T
ANEQUIL

T
HE
W
ORLD OF
S
HANNARA

The Magic Kingdom of Landover
M
AGIC
K
INGDOM FOR
S
ALE—
S
OLD!
T
HE
B
LACK
U
NICORN
W
IZARD AT
L
ARGE
T
HE
T
ANGLE
B
OX
W
ITCHES’
B
REW

Word and Void
R
UNNING WITH THE
D
EMON
A K
NIGHT OF THE
W
ORD
A
NGEL
F
IRE
E
AST

T
ERRY
B
ROOKS
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of more than twenty books, including
The Sword of Shannara
, The Voyage of the
Jerle Shannara
trilogy:
Ilse Witch, Antrax
, and
Morgawr
, the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, which includes
Jarka Ruus
and
Tanequil
, the non-fiction book
Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life
, and the novel based upon the screenplay and story by George Lucas,
Star Wars
^®
:
Episode I
The Phantom Menace
^™
. His novels
Running with the Demon
and
A Knight of the Word
were selected by the Rocky Mountain News as two of the best science fiction/fantasy novels of the twentieth century.

The author was a practicing attorney for many years but now writes full-time. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.