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| - The Sword of Shannara is Terry Brooks' first novel, published in 1977 by Del Rey Fantasy publishing and consisting of 726 pages. After the success of the The Lord of the Rings, this fantasy novel was well received by the public, as few other fantasy novels had been published since The Lord of the Rings. Terry Brooks wrote it while in law school as a safety valve from the pressure of his studies; a way to 'keep his sanity'.
- The Sword of Shannara is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks. As the first book of The Original Shannara Trilogy, it was the first published novel in Brooks' Shannara series. The Sword of Shannara was the very first book published by Terry Brooks[1]. The story chronicles the adventures of foster brothers Shea and Flick Ohmsford against the Warlock Lord, a dark and mysterious presence in a world that is a strange blend of sorcery and technology. Many sequels and prequels followed, expanding on the world of the Four Lands and following the exploits of the , from which Shea and his descendants trace their lineage. It was first published in New York by Random House in 1977. It was also the first fantasy novel to appear on, and subsequently top the New York Times bestseller list. In 2003, Del Rey r
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| - The Sword of Shannara is Terry Brooks' first novel, published in 1977 by Del Rey Fantasy publishing and consisting of 726 pages. After the success of the The Lord of the Rings, this fantasy novel was well received by the public, as few other fantasy novels had been published since The Lord of the Rings. Terry Brooks wrote it while in law school as a safety valve from the pressure of his studies; a way to 'keep his sanity'. It starts out with Flick Ohmsford returning to his home of Shady Vale when he runs into Allanon, a dark and intimidating man who nearly kills him. After agreeing to have Allanon accompany him, Flick continues, but is nearly caught by an evil, flying creature known as a Skull Bearer. The two travel to Shady Vale, where Allanon stays for the night at an inn that is owned by Flick's father, Curzad Ohmsford. Before the mysterious Allanon goes to sleep, however, he tells Flick's half-elven half-brother, Shea, that his destiny is great. At first, Shea is bewildered, but in the morning, Allanon explains that hundreds of years ago, the elven king Jerle Shannara defeated the Warlock Lord Brona using the magical Sword of Shannara. But the Warlock Lord has returned, and it's up to the heir of Shannara to use the Sword once more to defeat him again. And Shea is the last surviving heir of Shannara, so he must be the one to slay the Warlock Lord, before the Skull Bearers, who are looking for him, catch him and kill him. At first Shea scoffs, and Allanon leaves, but several weeks later a borderman named Balinor stops in the inn to warn Shea to leave, under order of Allanon. Shea, accompanied by Flick, leave the vale that night as they discover that a Skull Bearer is looking for him in Shady Vale. The two leave and decide to head to the kingdom of Leah, where the prince, Menion, will aid Shea.
- The Sword of Shannara is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks. As the first book of The Original Shannara Trilogy, it was the first published novel in Brooks' Shannara series. The Sword of Shannara was the very first book published by Terry Brooks[1]. The story chronicles the adventures of foster brothers Shea and Flick Ohmsford against the Warlock Lord, a dark and mysterious presence in a world that is a strange blend of sorcery and technology. Many sequels and prequels followed, expanding on the world of the Four Lands and following the exploits of the , from which Shea and his descendants trace their lineage. It was first published in New York by Random House in 1977. It was also the first fantasy novel to appear on, and subsequently top the New York Times bestseller list. In 2003, Del Rey released this book in three parts subtitled In the Shadow of the Warlock Lord (Part 1), The Druid's Keep (Part 2), and The Secret of the Sword (Part 3). Brooks wrote the book as a way to fight what he called an "increasingly rapid descent into terminal boredom" brought on by his just entering law school: "I had read The Lord of the Rings two years earlier. What if Tolkien's magic and fairy creatures were made part of the worlds of Walter Scott and Dumas? What if the story took place somewhere timeless and placeless, a somewhere that nevertheless hinted strongly of our own world in the future? What if our present knowledge had been lost, and science had been replaced by magic? But it couldn't be magic that was dependable or simply good or bad. And the right and wrong of things couldn't be clear-cut because life simply didn't work that way. And the central figure needed to be someone readers could identify with, a person very much like themselves, caught up in events not of his own making, a person simply trying to muddle through. That was how Sword began." -Terry Brooks, 1991
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