- Fantasy, Fiction, Shannara (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic
A young man and his brother set out on a journey to find the magical "Sword of Shannara". Only the mystical sword can defeat the evil overlord and his minions.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Terry Brooks
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 726
- Publisher
- Orbit, Random House Audio, ATOM
- Editions
- 39
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780345405548
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“Die Sonne sank schon ins dunkle Grün der Hügel westlich des Tales, und das Rot und Grau-Rosa der Schatten berührte das Land, als Flick Ohmsford mit dem Abstieg begann.”
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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