The four lands are once again threatened, this time by an evil older than the Races. The Ellcys, the magic elven tree is the only barrier between the world and Demon hordes locked away in another dimension.

Only the Ellcys is dying and the barrier weakening, already a fearsome and powerful demon has broken free into the world of man. The only hope for the world is for a young elven girl, a keeper of the tree, to take a seed to the Bloodfire to create a new Ellcrys, if she is lost so is hope. Wil Ohmsford, heir to the magic of shannara is chosen by fate to be her protector, but in order to do this he must unlock the secret of the Elfstones.