The Sword of Shannara ( html version )

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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 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 tracing the Ohmsford 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.

According to the history of the Four Lands, mankind once gained such technological advances that their power outgrew their own understanding. Politics and hunger for power led to apocalyptic battles that became known as the Great Wars, in which most life on earth perished and the structure of the land itself was rearranged. (The new Great Wars Series has specified this to be a nuclear fallout, thus placing the Shannara stories sometime in our future.) Mankind split into several distinct races: Men, Dwarves, Gnomes, and Trolls. Elves also appeared at this time, though they came from a different lineage than from man. In a futuristic return to the past, the natural world once again flourished, and magic appeared out of the skeletal remains of skyscrapers and subways.

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