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Book 1 of 4 in 'The Heritage ofShannara' series.
300 years have passed in the Four Lands. The Federation now controls all of the Southland. In the West, the Elves have vanished. In the East, the Dwarves are enslaved. Par Ohmsford has retained some of the magical powers of his ancestors, although he does not fully understand the way they work. He is told of the Shadowen, the greatest danger to ever threaten the Four Lands, and embarks on a perilous quest to meet the shade of Allanon and to carry his message to the other Scions of Shannara.