The Shannara Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Terry Brooks
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—medieval future
- Time of Work: Two thousand years after the Great Wars, in the future
- Setting: Various locations on Earth, throughout the Four Lands
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Future, Good and evil, Heroes or heroism, Earth, Elves, Talisman or magical object, Druids and Druidism, Swords
- Locales: Earth
The Plot
The seven novels that make up the Shannara series involve the inheritance of magic by several generations of descendants of the Elf-king Shannara, who first used his magic to suppress an invasion by renegade, power-hungry Druids. These Druids belonged to a council established to preserve history, science, and other arts that were lost after the destruction of the world in what is known as the Great Wars.
In the first novel, The Sword of Shannara, the Druid Allanon summons the help of Shea Ohmsford in a search for the legendary sword that was first raised...
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