Black Elfstone: Book One of the Fall of Shannara, Paperback/Terry Brooks

In this first book in the series that will conclude Brooks' broader Shannara arc, a band of misfits find themselves tasked with saving the Four Lands from invaders wielding a destructive new form of magic. }The Shannara Chronicles{ is now a popular TV show on Channel 5's 5Star, and a growing readership has followed.