Straken
- Published
- 6 September 2005
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN-13
- 9780739321317
- Type
- novel
About this book
Straken is a novel by Terry Brooks, published in 2005 at 368 pages. It's book 3 of High Druid of Shannara, following Tanequil as the most recent entry in the reading order. The series ran to completion in 2005 across 3 books.
Key facts about Straken
Terry Brooks wrote Straken, a novel on our list. It has been out since 6 September 2005. The book has 368 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780739321317 to find the main one.
Straken is book 3 of 3 in the High Druid of Shannara series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Jarka Ruus (2003). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Terry Brooks writes The Original Shannara Trilogy, The Magic Kingdom of Landover and The Heritage of Shannara, plus 9 more series. Those series sit on our epic fantasy, fantasy and urban fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Brona is the latest published Terry Brooks book on file, from 25 August 2026.
About Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks is one of modern fantasy's most commercially important authors, best known for The Sword of Shannara (1977), which became the first work of fantasy fiction to appear on the New York Times bestseller list and proved, alongside Tolkien's continuing popularity, that there was a mass commercial audience for epic fantasy. See every Terry Brooks book in order.
Its place in High Druid of Shannara
Straken is book 3 in the High Druid of Shannara series. It follows Tanequil. See the full High Druid of Shannara reading order.
Terry Brooks's High Druid of Shannara trilogy picks up two decades after the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, with Grianne Ohmsford -- the former Ilse Witch -- now serving as Ard Rhys, head of the restored Druid order, still shadowed by suspicion over her past. Jarka Ruus opens as rival Druids led by Shadea a'Ru use forbidden magic to banish Grianne into the Forbidding, a demon-infested alternate realm, forcing her great-nephew Pen Ohmsford -- son of Bek Ohmsford and Rue Meridian, gifted with an uncanny ability to…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780739321317