Straken is the third book in 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 of 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...

' Shannara

Shannara

Shannara is an epic fantasy series of novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and continuing through Bearers of the Black Staff which was released on August 24, 2010, as well as a prequel, First King of Shannara...

series. First published in 2005, it takes place immediately after the events of Tanequil

Tanequil

Tanequil is a fantasy novel in the High Druid of Shannara trilogy of the Shannara series by Terry Brooks. First published in 2004, the book takes place immediately after the events of Jarka Ruus and is followed by the novel Straken....

. It currently stands as the last novel in the Shannara chronology.
After receiving the darkwand from the Tanequil tree, Pen Ohmsford

Pen Ohmsford

Penderrin Ohmsford, or Pen for short, is a character from the Shannara series by Terry Brooks.The son of Bek Ohmsford and Rue Meridian, Pen grew up around airships and was thus a superb pilot. However, unlike his father, Pen seemed to have no magic of his own, and his parents' distrust of the...

 finds his companions—the Dwarf Tagwen and a small troll

Trolls in Shannara

In the Shannara novels by Terry Brooks, there are several characters who fall into the Troll species. The main categories under this are Rock Trolls and Mwellrets.-Amantar:...

 force led by Kermadec and his brother Atalan—captured by Druid forces under the command of the illegitimate High Druid

Shannara Druids

The Druids are an order of historians, philosophers, magic-users, teachers and researchers in the Shannara series of epic fantasy novels by Terry Brooks.-Druid magic:-Paranor:...

 Shadea a'Ru.