A long time ago, a great war between Good and Evil broke out on the peace of the Four Lands, and the Elves won this war. Then came Prohibition, the black wall for which demons were imprisoned. To protect the Prohibition, the ancient magicians created the magic tree Elcris, which carries the energy of the earth itself. Legend has it that as long as the tree lives, the forces of Darkness will not break free, and everyone is sure that this will continue forever. But centuries pass, and a wonderful tree dies... Vila, grandson of Shi Omsford, who glorified his kind by the fact that he got the sword of Shannara and saved the earth from the lord of sorcerers, it is an honor to revive the magic tree and save the world from a new invasion of demons. All this is told by "The Elven Stones of Shannara" .. In "Songs of Shannara", the final part of the famous trilogy, already the children of Wil Omsford are looking for Hidalch, a book of black magic, while engaging in a deadly battle with the keepers of the ancient artifact. The Terry Brooks trilogy is one of the best works in the genre of epic fantasy, which began with the great J. R. R. Tolkien .