The Elfstones of Shannara
 

Here is an exerpt from the best selling novel The Elfstones of Shannara:
 
    "Lauren?" Prince Ander Elessidil spoke the elf's name softly.
    No answer came.  He stepped through the enrty into the darker shadows beyond.  A flicker of movement registered at the edge of his vision, movement that came fromsomewhere within the surrounding evergreens.  A sudden apprehension swept through him, leaving him cold all over.
    He stood motionless for a time, waiting for something more.  But there was no futher movement, no sounds betrayingthe presence of another living being.  Resolutely he went forward.
    "Lauren...?"
    Then his sight adjusted to the dimmer interior, and the young Elf's name caught in his throat.
    Bodies lay strewn about the main room like discarded sacks, torn and broken and lifeless.  Lauren, Jase-all of the Chosen were dead, ripped apart as if by maddened animals.  Despair filled him.  Now no Chosen rema8ined tocarry the seed of the Ellcrys in search of the Bloodfire.  Now there could be no rebirth of the tree, no salvation for the elves.  Sickened by the carnage, he stood there, horror and revulsion sweeping through him, a single word shrieking in his mind.
    Demons!

    Characters:
                Allanon--Last of the Druid Protectors.
                Wil Ohmsford--possessor of The Elfstones.
                Amberle Elessedil--Carrier of The Ellcry's seed.

                Also other supporting characters.
 
 

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