The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara

“Our birth, our life, our death, all tied into a single package that we spend our time on this earth unwrapping.”
The voyage has just begun. The last Druid is off to find the treasure from the castaway’s map. The castaway, the elves’ heir apparent, was found on the verge of death by a wing rider floating on the river. His eyes have been gouged out and his tongue ripped out. The Ilse Witch gets to the castaway before his brother, the King of Elves or the Druid could get to him, and she literally sucks the life out of him and puts him out of his misery. Now it is a race between the druid and the witch to see who gets to the treasure first.