# Antrax > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Antrax > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Antrax.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antrax > Source revision: 1333347476 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For the infectious disease, see [anthrax](/source/Anthrax). Antrax Cover art of Antrax. Author Terry Brooks Language English Series The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Genre Fantasy Publisher Del Rey Books Publication date 18 September 2001 Publication place United States Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 375 ISBN 0-345-39766-5 OCLC 45827849 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 21 LC Class PS3552.R6596 V69 2001 Preceded by Ilse Witch Followed by Morgawr **Antrax** is the second book in [Terry Brooks](/source/Terry_Brooks)' *[The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara](/source/The_Voyage_of_the_Jerle_Shannara)* fantasy trilogy. It was first published in 2001. ## Plot The voyage to find the books of lost magic takes the companions to the continent of [Parkasia](/source/The_Four_Lands#Parkasia). Here, they are split up, and [Walker](/source/Walker_Boh), despite all his plans and his enormous power, finds himself caught and trapped by an unseen force, a [supercomputer](/source/Supercomputer) [artificial intelligence](/source/Artificial_intelligence) built by the ancient humans, known as "Antrax". Antrax was created to store data and information from its time and it is given a duty, an order to protect the information that it holds. However, when the Great War broke out, the last of its creators returned, and gave Antrax its final task: protect the information at all costs, no matter what the price. Antrax then began to build its own arsenal of defense mechanisms that includes lasers and various sentry and maintenance robots collectively referred to as "Creepers" by the characters that encounter them. Above Castledown, the crew of the *Jerle Shannara* find themselves besieged by evil forces, and the [Ilse Witch](/source/Ilse_Witch) confronts the [Druid](/source/Druids_(Shannara))'s protégé, [Bek Ohmsford](/source/Minor_Humans_in_Shannara#Bek_Ohmsford), who claims that she is actually Grianne Ohmsford, and that he is the brother she last saw as an infant - now a young man who carries the [Sword of Shannara](/source/List_of_Shannara_artifacts#The_Sword_of_Shannara) and wields the magic of the wishsong. Truls Rohk keeps protecting Bek buying him time till the Ilse Witch finally takes up the Sword of Shannara to realize the truth of her life. In parallel plot Ahren Elessedil works his way in retrieving the lost elf stones, also Quentin Leah with the help of locals finally are able to kill the minion created by Antrax. Meanwhile, Walker realizes that the 'magic books' they have been searching for is actually the science of the Old World, stored on Antrax, which could be used to rebuild society with new technology. But there is no practical way to access this information, so Walker chooses to destroy the power-hungry computer A.I., which is quickly becoming a danger to the whole world. However, he is mortally wounded in the process. In the end a fleet of airships reach Parkasia under leadership of Morgawr willing to kill all left of the company and take the magic for himself. It is believed that Antrax was in fact initially known as Oronyx Experimental and appears in *[The Elves of Cintra](/source/The_Elves_of_Cintra)*. ## Main characters The main characters are:[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - [Walker Boh](/source/Walker_Boh) - Ahren Elessedil - [Redden Alt Mer](/source/Redden_Alt_Mer) - [Rue Meridian](/source/Rue_Meridian) - [Bek Rowe](/source/Bek_Rowe) ## External links - [Del Rey Online | The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax by Terry Brooks](http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345397676) - official webpage for mass market paperback edition. v t e Works by Terry Brooks Shannara Novels Word & Void Running with the Demon (1997) A Knight of the Word (1998) Angel Fire East (1999) The Genesis of Shannara Armageddon's Children (2006) The Elves of Cintra (2007) The Gypsy Morph (2008) Legends of Shannara Bearers of the Black Staff (2010) The Measure of the Magic (2011) The First Druids of Shannara Galaphile (2025) Prequel First King of Shannara (1996) Original Shannara Trilogy The Sword of Shannara (1977) The Elfstones of Shannara (1982) The Wishsong of Shannara (1985) Heritage of Shannara The Scions of Shannara (1990) The Druid of Shannara (1991) The Elf Queen of Shannara (1992) The Talismans of Shannara (1993) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Ilse Witch (2000) Antrax (2001) Morgawr (2002) High Druid of Shannara Jarka Ruus (2003) Tanequil (2004) Straken (2005) The Dark Legacy of Shannara Wards of Faerie (2012) Bloodfire Quest (2013) Witch Wraith (2013) The Defenders of Shannara The High Druid's Blade (2014) The Darkling Child (2015) The Sorcerer's Daughter (2016) The Fall of Shannara The Black Elfstone (2017) The Skaar Invasion (2018) The Stiehl Assassin (2019) The Last Druid (2020) Standalone Dark Wraith of Shannara (2008 graphic novel) Other The World of Shannara (2001 companion book) Shannara (video game) The Shannara Chronicles (2016–17 television series) Short stories Imaginary Friends (1991) Indomitable (2003) Allanon's Quest (2012) The Weapon Master's Choice (2013) The Black Irix (2013) Walker and The Shade of Allanon (2013) Warrior (2018) Aftermath (2020) Last Ride (2020) Magic Kingdom of Landover Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! (1986) The Black Unicorn (1987) Wizard at Large (1988) The Tangle Box (1994) Witches' Brew (1995) A Princess of Landover (2009) An Unfortunate Influx of Filipians (2015) Don't Tell Dad (2020) Other works Hook (1991 novelization) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999 novelization) Sometimes the Magic Works (2003) Why I Write About Elves (2005) The Fey of Cloudmoor (2014) Street Freaks (2018) Authority control databases Open Library --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Antrax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antrax) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antrax?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.