THE STIEHL ASSASSIN (The Fall of Shannara # 3 of 4)

NY: Del Rey, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Mike Bryan DJ art; B&W Map. CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" Small red remainder dot bottom edges at spine. UNREAD 2019 Del Rey hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Mike Bryan DJ art. B&W map. CONTENT: The Skaar have arrived in the Four Lands, determined to stop at nothing less than all-out conquest. They badly need a new home, but peaceful coexistence is not a concept they have ever understood. An advance force under the command of the mercurial princess Ajin has already established a foothold, but now the full Skaar army is on the march-and woe betide any who stand in its way. But perhaps the Skaar victory is not quite the foregone conclusion everyone assumes. The Druid Drisker Arc has freed both himself and Paranor from their involuntary exile. Drisker's student, Tarsha Kaynin, has been reunited with Dar, chief defender of what is left of the Druid order, and is learning to control her powerful wishsong magic. If they can only survive Tarsha's brother, Tavo, and the Druid who betrayed Drisker Arc, they might stand a chance of defeating the Skaar. But that is a very big if . . . as Tavo now carries the Stiehl-one of the most powerful weapons in all the Four Lands-and is hellbent on taking his revenge on everyone he feels has wronged him.