High Druid of Shannara: Book II. Grianne Ohmsford, rightful High Druid of Shannara, has been banished to the harsh mirror-world of the Forbidding. Her only hope for rescue is her nephew Penderrin - who is also under siege with his parents, sought by the treacherous druid who took Grianne's place and who wants to make sure their magic will never help her return. To breach the Forbidding and bring Grianne back means finding the fabled Tanequil and the talisman that it alone can provide. That necessitates journeying into the Inkrim, a dreaded region thick with shadows and haunted by harrowing legends. And there is a third threat - no-one but Grianne knows that her entry into the Forbidding has allowed a dark, fearsome force, exiled long ago, to escape into the natural world; a shape changing force that can kill at will and which may be the vanguard of a much greater and more devastating invasion. Cover art by Steve Stone.