The Defenders of Shannara · Book 2
The Darkling Child
- Published
- 1 January 2015
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN-13
- 9780356502212
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Darkling Child sits between The High Druid's Blade and The Sorcerer's Daughter in the Defenders of Shannara series, appearing in 2015 at 448 pages. Like its neighbors it's a largely self-contained adventure that nonetheless builds toward a Four Lands destabilized by the growing scarcity of magic.
Its place in The Defenders of Shannara
The Darkling Child is book 2 in the The Defenders of Shannara series. It follows The High Druid's Blade. It is followed by The Sorcerer's Daughter. See the full The Defenders of Shannara reading order.
Terry Brooks's Defenders of Shannara are three loosely connected, largely standalone novels set a century after the Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy, written and marketed as the bridge into the concluding Fall of Shannara series. The High Druid's Blade follows Paxon Leah, a young man drawn into the Druid order and forced to master the magic of his family's ancestral blade to protect his sister from a dangerous sorcerer. The Darkling Child and The Sorcerer's Daughter continue the pattern of self-contained…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780356502212