About the book: year / The third story by Terry Brooks from the "Paladins of Shannara" series introduces us to the Combat Master - Gareth Jax and his adventures that happened shortly before events of the book "The Song of Shannara". The beautiful and mysterious Lyriana finds the Master of Combat and asks for help in freeing her people from the power of a sorcerer named Kronswiff - a vampire who sucks the souls of his helpless victims. Fearless Gareth Jax agrees to help, but feels that Lyriana is hiding something from him.