The Black Elfstone
- Published
- 1 January 2017
- Pages
- 318
- ISBN-13
- 9780553391480
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Black Elfstone (2017) opens Fall of Shannara -- written and marketed as the conclusion to Terry Brooks's forty-year Shannara saga -- as the invading Skaar force the Druids to send Paranor into protective limbo, trapping former High Druid Drisker Arc inside.
Key facts about The Black Elfstone
Terry Brooks wrote The Black Elfstone, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2017. The book has 318 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780553391480 to find the main one.
The Black Elfstone is book 1 of 4 in The Fall of Shannara series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
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 The Fall of Shannara
The Black Elfstone is book 1 in the The Fall of Shannara series. It is followed by The Skaar Invasion. See the full The Fall of Shannara reading order.
Terry Brooks's Fall of Shannara tetralogy was written and marketed as the conclusion to the entire forty-year Shannara saga, bringing every thread of magic, Druid history, and the Four Lands' post-apocalyptic origins to a close. The Black Elfstone opens as a mysterious invading army -- the Skaar, wielding magic that can make soldiers vanish and reappear -- overwhelms the Trolls and moves against Paranor itself, forcing the Druids to use the Black Elfstone to send their fortress into protective limbo, trapping…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780553391480