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Book Review of Jarka Ruus (High Druid of Shannara, Bk 1)

Jarka Ruus (High Druid of Shannara, Bk 1)
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Twenty years have passed since Grianne Ohmsford denounced her former life as the dreaded Ilse Witch. Fulfilling the destiny predicted for her, she has established the Thrid Druid Council and dedicated herself to its goals of peace, harmony among the races, and defense to the Four Lands. But despite her devotions to the greater good as Ard Rhys, the Higher Druid of Paranor, Grianne still has bitter enemies. Even her few allies -- chief among them her trusted servant Tagwen -- know of the plots against her. But they could never anticipate the sudden, ominous disappearance fo the Ard Rhys, in the dead of night and without a trace. Now Tagwen joins Grianne's brave young nephew, Pen Ohmsford, and the wise, powerful elf Ahren Elessdis on a desperate and dangerous mission of search and rescue -- to deliver the High Druid of Shannara from an unspeakable fate.