Record details

• ISBN: 0345480686
• ISBN: 9780345480682
• Physical Description: xiii, 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
• Edition: Updated edition
• Publisher: New York : Del Rey/Ballantine, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A remarkable guide to the people, places, and events of one of the greatest fantasy epics of our time"--Jacket.

"The first edition ... was published by Del Rey," an imprint of Random House--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Descent into darkness: the old world and the great wars -- Paranor: the Druid's keep -- The Druids: legacy of mystery -- Realms of the dead -- The Southland: history of the Federation -- The Southland: cities of the Southland -- Two families: a legacy of courage -- The Borderlands: crossroads of the Four Lands -- The Borderlands: fortresses of trade -- The Northland: land of trolls and warlocks -- The Eastland: land of dwarves and Gnomes -- The Westland: land of the elves -- The Westland: guardians of the air -- The lands beyond -- A legacy of magic, darkness, and light -- Parkasia: voyage to a new world -- The Druids of the new order -- Changing life in the Four Lands -- The land of the forbidding -- Rediscovering the Old World -- The fall of the Old World.

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