Ilse Witch is the first book in Terry Brooks' The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara fantasy trilogy. It was first published in 2000. It marked a new era in the Shannara saga, as it was the first time that Brooks described the use of futuristic technology, including airships as well as robots and lasers from the Old World. a conversation between the Druid Walker Boh and the Shade of Allanon that was edited from Ilse Witch was published as part of Unfettered, a collection of fantasy short stories