- Knights and knighthood, Shannara (Imaginary place), Fiction, Magic
Co-existing peacefully for five hundred years after creating their magically protected valley, the surviving members of four non-demon races band together against frightening creatures that are penetrating the shield around their home. Sider Ament discovers unknown predators stalking the valley and realizes the magic that has protected the few survivors of humankind has faded, leaving them vulnerable to attack. Book #1
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Terry Brooks
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 440
- Publisher
- Orbit, Little Brown & Co, Brilliance Audio
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345484192
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Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers.
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