Galaphile

Its place in The First Druids of Shannara

Galaphile is book 1 in the The First Druids of Shannara series. It is followed by Brona. See the full The First Druids of Shannara reading order.

Terry Brooks's First Druids of Shannara is a prequel series set at the true beginning of the Druid order, centuries before the events of the Original Shannara Trilogy. Galaphile (2025) tells the origin story of the series' namesake, an Elf who survives the Great Wars as a friendless teenage orphan stranded among Men, and who grows -- under the tutelage of the reclusive mage Cogline -- into the powerful sorcerer who will gather the Four Lands' most learned men and women and found the Druid order at Paranor. It's…