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The Druid Of Shannara
''The Druid of Shannara'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. The second book of his tetralogy of The ''Heritage of Shannara'', it was first published in 1991. Plot summary ''The Druid of Shannara'' takes off where ''The Scions of Shannara'' left off, focusing on the story of Walker Boh as he attempts to fulfill the task given to him by the shade of Allanon, to return the Druid castle of Paranor to the Four Lands. Left in the Hall of Kings with the Asphinx attacking, Walker fends off the poison with his magic for days whereas the Asphinx could have killed any normal mortal. Finally realizing that there is only one way out of his predicament, he breaks off his arm in terrible agony. He fights his way through the Hall of Kings and amazingly finds his way to Storlock for the Gnome Healers to help him to the best of their abilities. We are told right away that Coll is still alive, and the thing Par killed was a fake. Coll is imprisoned in a prison called Southwatch an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Brooks
Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and has sold over 25 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers. Early life Brooks was born in the rural Midwestern town of Sterling, Illinois, and spent a large part of his life living there. He is an alumnus of Hamilton College, earning his B.A. in English literature in 1966. He later obtained a J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University. He was a practising attorney before becoming a full-time author. Career Brooks had been a writer since high school, writing mainly in the genres of science fiction, western, fiction, and non-fiction. One day, in his early college life, he was given a copy of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'', which inspired him to write in one genre. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uhl Belk
UHL or Uhl may refer to: *The United Hockey League *The Ukrainian Hockey League *The Uhl River in the Himalayas *Uhl Pottery, American manufacturer of pottery *Uhl's Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada, a hamlet * Uhl, Kansas, United States, a settlement *The Uhl anomaly, a rare disease of the heart *The Norwegian Young Conservatives (Unge Høyres Landsforbund) *Unilateral hearing loss *University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham, South East London, an NHS hospital *University Hospital Limerick, Ireland, a hospital * UHL, the National Rail station code for Upper Holloway railway station, London, England ;People *Alfred Uhl, Austrian composer *Bill Uhl, American basketball player *Billy Uhl, American motorcyclist *Bob Uhl, American baseball player *Eduard Uhl, mayor of Vienna *Edwin F. Uhl, American lawyer and politician *Edward Uhl, American soldier and inventor *Frida Uhl, Austrian writer and translator *Fritz Uhl, Austrian tenor *Hans-Peter Uhl, German politician *Lisa Uhl, American runner * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Fantasy Novels
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, 1991 Russian presidential election, elected as Russia's first President of Russia, president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet Union, Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, erupts in the Philippines, making it the List of large historical volcanic eruptions, second-largest Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Flag of the Soviet Union, Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 American Novels
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, making it the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes after one of its thrust reversers activates during the flight; A United States-led coalition initiates Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraq and Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannara Novels
''Shannara'' is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with ''The Sword of Shannara'' in 1977 and concluding with ''The Last Druid'' which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, ''First King of Shannara''. The series blends magic and primitive technology and is set in the Four Lands, which are identified as Earth long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Great Wars. By the time of the prequel ''First King of Shannara'', the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement science. Setting The Shannara series is set in a post-apocalyptic world called the Four Lands. This world is a futuristic version of our own, and not a secondary world. The '' Genesis of Shannara'' trilogy reveals the Four Lands to be located in the modern Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. Much of the landscape has been changed by a future nuclear holocaust called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimmer Dall
Rimmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Rimmer (born 1947), New Zealand conservationist and writer * Eve Rimmer (1937–1996), New Zealand athlete * Jimmy Rimmer, English footballer * Jodie Rimmer (born 1974), New Zealand voice and performer actress * John Rimmer (athlete), John Rimmer (1878–1962), British athlete * Lasse Rimmer (born 1972), Danish entertainer * Marie Rimmer, British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens South and Whiston May 2015 * Michael Rimmer (born 1986), English middle distance runner * Robert Rimmer, author of ''The Harrad Experiment'' * Simon Rimmer (born 1962), English Celebrity chef and television presenter * Shane Rimmer (1929–2019), Canadian actor * William Rimmer, English-born American artist * William Rimmer (music), English composer of brass band music Fictional characters: * Arnold Rimmer, a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' * Michael Rimmer, fictional anti-hero of the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coll Ohmsford
Coll (; gd, Cola; sco, Coll)Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 31 is an island located west of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breacachadh Castle. It is in the council area of Argyll and Bute. Geology Coll is formed largely from gneiss forming the Lewisian complex, a suite of metamorphic rocks of Archaean to early Proterozoic age. The eastern part of the island is traversed by numerous normal faults most of which run broadly northwest-southeast. Dolerite and camptonite dykes of Permo-Carboniferous or Tertiary age are also seen in the east of the island. Quaternary sediments include raised beach deposits which are frequent around Coll’s coastline whilst stretches of alluvium occupy some low inland areas. There are considerable areas of blown sand in the west and along stretches of the north coast and of peat southwest from Arinagour. Geography Coll is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Par Ohmsford
Par or PAR may refer to: Finance * Par value, stated value or face value in finance and accounting * Par yield or par rate, in finance Games * Par (score), the number of strokes a scratch golfer should require to complete a hole, round or tournament * Par (golf scoring format), an alternative to Stableford and normal stroke play * Par contract, in contract bridge Organizations Businesses * Pan Am Railways, an American holding company * Par Pharmaceutical, now part of Endo International * PaR Systems, an American automation company Politicial parties * Aragonese Party (''Partido Aragonés'', PAR), Spain * Movement For! (''Kustība Par!''), Latvia * Party for the Restructured Antilles (''Partido Antiá Restrukturá'', PAR), Curaçao * Revolutionary Action Party ('Partido Acción Revolucionaria', PAR), Guatemala Other organizations * Parkinson Association of the Rockies, a not-for-profit organization * Pretoria Armoured Regiment, an armour regiment of the South African Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wren Elessedil
''The Elfstones of Shannara'' is a 1982 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first sequel to ''The Sword of Shannara'' and the second book in '' The Original Shannara Trilogy''. It expands upon the history of the Elves, which was only hinted at in the preceding story, and follows Wil Ohmsford, grandson of Shea (the hero of the first book) and inheritor of the Shannara Elfstones. The novel, set in a fictional world called the Four Lands, consists of two intertwining plotlines. The first plotline follows the quest of protagonists Wil Ohmsford and Amberle Elessedil to create a new Ellcrys, a magical tree that serves to banish all Demons from the Four Lands. To do this, they must locate a specific place in the Four Lands called Safehold, where the process of creating a new Ellcrys can begin. The second plotline focuses on the efforts of the Elven army and their allies to slow a massive Demon invasion, made possible by the dying of the current Ellcrys, to give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cogline
''Shannara'' is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with ''The Sword of Shannara'' in 1977 and concluding with ''The Last Druid'' which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, ''First King of Shannara''. The series blends magic and primitive technology and is set in the Four Lands, which are identified as Earth long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Great Wars. By the time of the prequel ''First King of Shannara'', the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement science. Setting The Shannara series is set in a post-apocalyptic world called the Four Lands. This world is a futuristic version of our own, and not a secondary world. The ''Genesis of Shannara'' trilogy reveals the Four Lands to be located in the modern Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. Much of the landscape has been changed by a future nuclear holocaust called The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maw Grint
__NOTOC__ Maw may refer to: Biology * A human's or animal's stomach or gullet, a bird's crop * A fish's gas bladder (swim bladder) * Abomasum, the fourth stomach of a ruminant Games * Maw (game), a card game *''The Maw'', a 2009 video game *The Maw, the main setting of the video game ''Little Nightmares'' *Maw, a character in the video game ''My Singing Monsters'' People with the surname * Carlyle E. Maw (1903–1987), American lawyer and politician * Herbert B. Maw (1893–1990), American politician * Nicholas Maw (1935–2009), British composer * William Maw (1838–1924), British civil engineer Other * Scottish and North American slang for "mother" * Maw (state), one of the Shan states of Southeast Asia * Maw language (other) * Mace (bludgeon), a weapon * Maw & Co Maw & Co have made earthenware encaustic tiles for walls and floors since 1850, when the English company was established by George Maw and his brother Arthur. Their first factory was in Worcester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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