The Scions of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #1)

SUMMARY: Since the death of Allanon, life in the Four Lands has drastially changed. Yet Par Ohmsford still has some power of the Wishsong. And when a message from the ancient Druid, Allanon, reaches them, Par is ordered to recover the long-lost Sword of Shinnara, and the glory that once was the Four Lands.... Three hundred years have passed since the death of the Druid Allanon, and the Four Lands are sadly changed. The Elves have vanished, and the Dwarves are enslaved. The Southland is under the totalitarian rule of the Federation, and magic is forbidden. Now the spirit of Allanon returns to the Scions of Shannara and shows them a bleak future in which the evil Shadowen have destroyed all life in the Four Lands. To prevent that, he orders the Scions to recover the long-lost Sword of Shannara, bring back the vanished Elves, and find the long-hidden Druids. But the forces of evil are already mobilizing against them .. Since the death of Allanon, life in the Four Lands has drastially changed. Yet Par Ohmsford still has some power of the Wishsong. And when a message from the ancient Druid, Allanon, reaches them, Par is ordered to recover the long-lost Sword of Shannara, and the glory that once was the Four Lands.... The Scions of Shannara--Par Ohmsford, Wren, and Walker Boh--face a horrible fate unless they can complete the dangerous tasks assigned to them by the shade of Allanon and avert a horrifying future. The old man sat alone in the shadow of the Dragon's Teeth and watched the coming darkness chase the daylight west. Heritage of Shannara Volume One: a masterly tale of magic, honour and death in the Four Lands