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The Sword of Shannara

71.4% complete
1977
1980
2 times
35 chapters
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Copyright © 1977 by Terry Brooks
For My Parents
Who Believed
The sun was already sinking into the deep green of the hills to the west of the valley, the red and gray-pink of its shadows touching the corners of the land, when Flick Ohmsford began his descent.
May contain spoilers
In a rush, his sons were past him, through the kitchen door, and halfway down the hallway to the lobby of the inn.
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Added: 29-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 07-Mar-2023

Publications

 01-Jan-1980
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback
I read this editionOrder from amazon.com
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-1980
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$3.50
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   1 Jan 1980 - 1 Jan 1980
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
13098
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-29024-0
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-29024-3
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Cover:
Notes and Comments:
 01-Jan-2000
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-2000
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$7.99
Pages*:
726
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   2 Oct 2017 - 6 Oct 2017
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
13097
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-31425-5
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-31425-3
Printing:
69
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Greg Hildebrandt - Illustrator
Tim Hildebrandt - Illustrator
Steve Stone  - Cover Artist
THE SWORD OF SHANNARA
is the first volume of the classic series that has become
one of the most popular fantasy tales of all time


Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world.  In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles.  But the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake.  The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a true heir of Shannara.  On Shea, last of the bloodline, rests the hope of all the races.

Thus begins the enthralling Shannara epic, a spellbinding tale of adventure, magic, and myth...

Embark on a new epic adventure with
High Druid of Shannara: Straken
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Notes and Comments:
First Ballantine Books Trade Edition: April 1977
First Ballantine Books Mass Market Edition: May 1978
Sixty-ninth printing based on the number "line"
Canada: $9.99

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Author(s)

Terry Brooks  
Birth: 08 Jan 1944 Sterling, Illinois, USA

Awards

1978Locus MagazineBest Fantasy Novel Nominee
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