Legacy of Shannara is the title of a series of novels written by Terry Brooks

Terry Brooks

Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print...

. The first book, The Wards of Faerie

The Wards of Faerie

The Wards of Faerie is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set to be released in August 2012 as the first part of the Legacy of Shannara trilogy. Set a century after Straken, it chronicles the attempts of Ard Rhys of Paranor Khyber Elessedil as he tries to recover the lost Elfstones.-Website...

, will released by Del Rey Books

Del Rey Books

Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn since 1998, by Bertelsmann AG. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy...

 in August 2012. These novels take place a century after the High Druid of Shannara

High Druid of Shannara

High Druid of Shannara is a trilogy of fantasy novels in the Shannara series by Terry Brooks. Set 20 years after the events of The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, the series chronicles the adventures of Pen Ohmsford as he seeks to rescue his aunt, the High Druid Grianne Ohmsford.-Jarka Ruus:The...

 trilogy, telling the quest of Ard Rhys to recover the lost Elfstones.

The Wards of Faerie

The Wards of Faerie

The Wards of Faerie is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set to be released in August 2012 as the first part of the Legacy of Shannara trilogy. Set a century after Straken, it chronicles the attempts of Ard Rhys of Paranor Khyber Elessedil as he tries to recover the lost Elfstones.-Website...

 (2012)

The people of the Four Lands

The Four Lands

The Four Lands is the fictional world where Terry Brooks' Shannara series is set. 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 from a future holocaust, but some...

have become distrustful of magic after the failure of the Third Druid Council. However, a druid uncovers information that could lead to the rediscovery of the lost Elfstones, which Ard Rhys of Paranor Khyber Elessedil now seeks.