The Sorcerer's Daughter

Leofur Rai has spent her life distancing herself from her father, the tyrannical sorcerer Arcannen Rai. Now, she lives in Paranor, the Druid's Keep, with her life partner, the Druid's Blade Paxon Leah. Leofur leads a safe, albeit unfulfilling, existence as companion and guardian of Paxon's younger sister, Chrysallin, who wields an ancient and powerful magic. When Chrysallin is captured on the same day Leofur receives news that Paxon's latest mission with the Druids has gone horribly wrong, she must make a difficult decision: abandon Chrysallin to save Paxon, or enlist the help of the mysterious Emeric Cort, the best tracker in the universe, to rescue Chrys. This is the third novel in the latest stand-alone series in the Shannara world, but new readers won't be confused; the narration often returns to past events to clarify the present. The explosive first few chapters promise an action-packed, quasipolitical fantasy thriller, something fans have come to expect. Instead, readers are stuck in a novel that is frustratingly predictable and curiously thin on magic and action.