Brooks, Terry

Pen Ohmsford is charged with the task of rescuing his Aunt Grianne, held captive by a demon; but he is captured and taken to Parador by Druids who have been pursuing him, imprisoned, and deprived of the darkwand, his only means of crossing over into the Forbidding to rescue his aunt.

As the United States has been transformed into a desolate dystopia the champions of the Word and the Void collide in battles that will determine the future existence of the world and the fate of mankind.

In a devastated world in which only a few imbued with magical gifts stand against the forces of evil, one hero flees Seattle with a group of orphaned street kids, while another leads a group to the Oregon wilderness to meet the long-hidden Elves of Cintra.

"Tumultuous times are upon the world now known as the Four Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. The dwindling Druid order is threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the secret account of an Elven girl's heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones, which once warded the lands and kept evil at bay. But never has a little knowledge been so very dangerous -- as Aphenglow quickly learns when she's set upon by assassins. Yet there can be no turning back from the road to which fate has steered her. Whoever captures the Elfstones and their untold powers will surely hold the advantage in the devastating clash to come."--back cover.

Panterra Qu, a newly anointed Knight of the Word who has been entrusted with the last black staff and its powers, must protect thousands of lives that are put in danger when centuries of protective magic disappears.

The surviving members of four non-demon races, who have co-existed peacefully for five hundred years after creating their magically protected valley, band together against frightening creatures that are penetrating the shield around their home.

Headstrong fifteen-year-old Mistaya is kicked out of her prestigious boarding school and assigned by her father, Ben, to reopen the kingdom's abandoned library, a task she avoids before discovering a magical plot against Landover.

John Ross, a modern-day Knight of the Word, becomes disillusioned with his quest and turns his back on magic to build a new life with the beautiful Stefanie Winslow, but he does not realize that a fallen Knight makes an irresistible target for the Void, and soon Ross and those he loves are being stalked by evil.

A fantasy tale set in the Magic Kingdom of Landover, ruled by Ben Holiday. Horris Kew, a conjurer is sent by the Gorse, an evil sorcerer, to enslave the fairy folk and take over Landover.