Legends of Shannara · Book 2
The Measure of the Magic
- Published
- 1 January 2011
- Pages
- 515
- ISBN-13
- 9781841495880
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Measure of the Magic closed the duology in 2011 at 515 pages, continuing the fight as the valley's failing seals push its long-isolated survivors to finally reckon with the wider world their ancestors sealed themselves away from centuries before.
Its place in Legends of Shannara
The Measure of the Magic is book 2 in the Legends of Shannara series. It follows Bearers of the Black Staff. See the full Legends of Shannara reading order.
Terry Brooks's Legends of Shannara duology jumps roughly five hundred years past The Gypsy Morph, to the valley refuge that Hawk's magic sealed off from the nuclear devastation outside. Bearers of the Black Staff opens as the ancient protective seals begin to fail and the valley's descendants of humans, Elves, and mutated Freaks -- long isolated from the wider, healing world beyond -- discover both the outside dangers they'd forgotten and new threats massing from within, including an invading army of trolls…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781841495880