The Elfstones of Shannara (59 page)
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Authors: Terry Brooks
He sang it softly, repeated it a few times for emphasis, rearranging the words, and then went quiet. An interesting diversion, but massively unproductive. He had hoped the two creatures might have information about the man with the black staff, but they had disappointed him. So he would have to continue the search without any useful information to aid him. All he knew was what he sensed, and what he sensed would have to be enough for now.
The man he sought was somewhere close, probably somewhere up in those mountains ahead. So eventually he would find him.
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.
A writer since high school,
Terry Brooks
published his first novel,
The Sword of Shannara,
in 1977. It was a
New York Times
bestseller for more than five months. He has published seventeen consecutive bestsellers since, including
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
: Antrax 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.
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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.
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Books by Terry Brooks
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The Magic Kingdom of Landover:
MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALEâSOLD!
THE BLACK UNICORN
WIZARD AT LARGE
THE TANGLE BOX
WITCHES' BREW
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Shannara
FIRST KING OF SHANNARA
THE SWORD OF SHANNARA
THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA
THE WISHSONG OF SHANNARA
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The Heritage of Shannara:
THE SCIONS OF SHANNARA
THE DRUID OF SHANNARA
THE ELF QUEEN OF SHANNARA
THE TALISMANS OF SHANNARA
THE VOYAGE OF THE JERLE SHANNARA: ISLE WITCH
MORGWAR
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Word and Void
RUNNING WITH THE DEMON
A KNIGHT OF THE WORD
ANGEL FIRE EAST
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STAR WARS
®
:
EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE©
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Copyright
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1982 by Terry Brooks
Excerpt from The Measure of the Magic copyright © 2011 by Terry Brooks.
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Map noted with â by the Brothers Hildebrandt. Copyright
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1977 by Random House, Inc.
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All other interior art by Darrell K. Sweet. Copyright
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1982 by Random House, Inc.
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All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 81-69187
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This book contains an excerpt from The Measure of the Magic by Terry Brooks. This excerpt has been set for this edition and may not reflect the final content of the book.
eISBN: 978-0-345-44461-5
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