HIGH DRUID OF SHANNARA: STRAKEN
Book ID/图书代码： 01240005B03284
English Summary/英文概要： The sequel to the #7 New York Times bestseller, Tanequil, and conclusion to the High Druid of Shannara trilogy! Imprisoned in the Druid’s Keep, young Pen Ohmsford is separated from all who care for him, and at the mercy of the usurper Shadea a’Ru, who will do anything to destroy the rightful High Druid. Although Pen was successful in his mission to obtain the magical staff called the Tanequil, Shadea has taken it from him. Without the Tanequil, Pen cannot open the gateway to the Forbidden and rescue his aunt, the rightful High Druid. Pen has allies, but they are under siege as well--his parents fleeing from the Druids, the Rock Troll Kermadec and the dwarf Tagwen far away, and the young elf Khyber Elessedil in deadly danger within the Druid’s stronghold. Can the scattered band of friends join forces in time to defeat Shadea’s evil plot?. Option publishers: Goldmann (Germany); Italian (Mondadori); Dutch (M/De Boekerij); Swedish (Forum); Japanese (Fuso); Portuguese (Betrand); Russian (Azbooka); Estonian (Ou Byronet); Thai (Good Morning); Czech (Classic); Greek (Anubis); Turkish (Ithaki Yayinlari).
Chinese Summary/中文概要： HIGH DRUID OF SHANNARA 三步曲即将拉上帷幕，年轻的英雄就快要结束火刑的考验了，被罢免的统治女王在恐怖的荒地上为活命而战斗着，黑暗和光明两种势力直面交锋，为了绝对的统治权而战斗到死。读者请准备好了，畅销传奇作家Terry Brooks要亮出他的绝活了。
银河国王委派年轻的Penderrin Ohmsford----他还是个小毛孩---一个艰巨的任务，要把国王的阿姨Grianne从流放地解救出来，摆脱被诅咒的魔咒。当然Pen也不是孤军作战的，德高望重的矮子Khyber Elessedil和大手大脚的浪荡精灵就是他的左膀右臂---而同盟与自由出生派之间的血战还胜负难定。PEN欣然地接受了任务，但是这样的行动不是没有危险和牺牲的。
残酷的德鲁伊教首领Shadea a’Ru 指使人囚禁Grianne，也是她篡夺了Paranor的王位，现在她派出了特工和杀手，一定要把PEN和他的伙伴抓到手。而PEN为了得到可以揭开禁止令的魔咒的护身符，付出了沉重的代价。要是自由出生派----其实这个组织已经被同盟派的致命新武器扼杀的差不多了---真的被打败的话，Shadea的霸主地位就很难动摇了。除非PEN可以获胜，要不然一切就难以逆转了。但是PEN麻烦越来越多了，他的父母双亲都被Shadea手下的人抓去了，他必须赶快营救他们，但是一旦进入德鲁伊教的阴森监狱，那里到处暗藏杀机，布满了Shadea手下的傀儡，还有黑暗魔法，所以PEN要把父母活着救出来显然不那么容易。然而这里的恐惧要是和解救Grianne女王的魔咒比起来，那真是小巫见大巫了，只要时机成熟，恐惧将在四岛上炸开锅。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Terry Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, including the Genesis of Shannara novel Armageddon’s Children; The Sword of Shannara; the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy: Ilse Witch, Antrax, and Morgawr; the High Druid of Shannara trilogy: Jarka Ruus, Tanequil, and Straken; the nonfiction 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.
Visit the world of Shannara online at www.shannara.com and at Terrybrooks.net.
泰瑞．布魯克斯(Terry Brooks) 的著作在全球銷售超過一千五百萬本。一九四四年出生，身兼律師和作者兩職，本名泰倫斯．迪恩．布魯克斯(Terence Dean Brooks)。布魯克斯深受托爾金的影響，也從不否認他在一九七七年推出的暢銷著作──《沙娜拉之劍》(Sword of Shannara)是刻意模仿這位魔戒之王的作品，事實上，他也是藍燈書屋刻意培養扶植，希望繼承托爾金的奇幻作家。《沙娜拉之劍》系列的成績傲人，它讓布魯克斯不負眾望，成為近代第一個作品登上紐約時報暢銷書排行榜的奇幻文學作者，同時也替二十世紀的最後二十年，打開了奇幻文學興盛的大門。《沙娜拉之劍》的故事，同樣以一個類似魔戒裡「甘道夫」的神秘巫師，來揭開序幕。故事主角被告知自己是沙娜拉王室最後的血脈，必須前往找尋只有擁有沙娜拉血統的人才能使用的一柄神劍，這使命使得具有不同能力的眾人聚集在一起，希望護送主角順利取得這柄神劍，拯救世界。續集系列《沙娜拉遺產》也同樣受歡迎，主角先後換成這個家族中不同的後代人物，發展情節，敍述在前作的三百年後，眾人尋找在這個世界中漸漸消失的魔法。一九九六年時，他又推出了一本前傳(The First King of Shanara)，為首部曲之前的歷史，做一次完整的闡述。布魯克斯引領了八０年代的奇幻文學潮流，他的小說節奏十分悠緩，卻能緊緊抓住長期暴露於快節奏聲光刺激的Ｙ、Ζ世代讀者，無疑成功再創了托爾金的傳奇。
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