The Elfstones of Shannara

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The Elfstones of Shannara

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Author(s):

Terry Brooks

First Pub:

1982

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

1982

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

54 chapters

Internal ID:

144

Series:

<- The Sword of Shannara - The Wishsong of Shannara ->

Shannara*

#2 of 3

Shannara*

View this series in the book list

1) The Sword of Shannara
2) The Elfstones of Shannara
3) The Wishsong of Shannara

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Barbara,
With Love

First Sentence:

The night sky brightened faintly in the east with the approach of dawn as the Chosen entered the Gardens of Life.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

But not alone.

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 07-Mar-2023

Publications

01-Dec-2015

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Dec-2015

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$7.99

Pages*:

564

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 30 Nov 2017 - 5 Jan 2018

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13099

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

1-101-88605-6

ISBN-13:

978-1-101-88605-2

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Greg Hildebrandt - Map
Tim Hildebrandt - Map
Photograph - Cover Photograph
Darrell K Sweet - Illustrator

THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FANTASY TALES OF ALL TIME
NOW AN EPIC NEW TV SERIES ON MTV

Thousands of years after the destruction of the age of man and science, new races and magic now rule the world, but an imminent danger threatens. A horde of evil Demons is beginning to escape and bring death upon the land. Only Wil Ohmsford, the last of the Shannara bloodline, has the power to guard the Elven Princess Amberle on a perilous quest to the save the world, while the leader of the Demon force aims to stop their mission at any cost.

LOOK FOR THE NEXT BOOK IN THE SHANARA CHRONICLES
THE WISHSONG OF SHANNARA

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Originally published in hardcover in the United States as Elfstones of Shannara by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 1982
2015 Del Rey NMass Market Edition
Del Rey mass market edition: December 2015
First printing based on the number line
Canada: $10.49

Television tie-in cover

Author(s)

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

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