
The Sword of Shannara - Kindle edition by Terry Brooks. 'Confirms his place at the head of the fantasy world' Philip Pullman. Brooks, Terry - Shannara 01 (Trilogy 01) - Sword of Shannara, The Read more. Its success boosted the commercial expansion of the fantasy genre.ĩ1 downloads 974 Views 554KB Size Report. Ballantine Books used it to launch the company's new subsidiaryDel Rey Books.

It took him seven years to complete, as he was writing the novel while attending law school.

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and began writing The Sword of Shannara in 1967. It is the first book of the Original Shannara Trilogy, followed by The Elfstones of Shannara and The Wishsong of Shannara.

The Sword of Shannara is a 1977epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks.
